A Great Recovery

OK, after such a hectic ending to a slow start yesterday; we had a pretty good day. By pretty good, it meant that we got about 2 hours of sleep total from all the commercial traffic going by us at the dock and I meant that it took an hour to get from the Hyatt in Savannah to Thunderbolt Marina so we could fuel up. The good news is: I was going to just leave this morning without checking out and have Karen phone in my credit card number, but someone came and said I needed to register with the front desk, so I got caught. I went to the elevator to the lobby and saw a flyer to reconnect with your significant other for this Valentine's Day, February 13^th, 2010. I got to the front desk and said I wanted to check in and check out at the same time. She was obviously not happy with the fact there was no one there to greet us so she let us slide with no payment necessary. Good thing since their 50 amp circuit breaker kept popping and I could not properly heat the Executive Sweet. So as a token back, I mentioned that Valentine's Day was on February 14^th every year and that they may need to change their signage. She was grateful, and I was out of there.

We did not get out to the ocean until around 1130 in the morning, so I set my sights for St. Augustine, FL instead of Cape Canaveral which is where we need to be by tomorrow. The water was very smooth and almost lake-like until the last hour where it actually rose to 1-2's with some moderate chop. I was so happy to see that my chart plotter is off by one hour so instead of coming in at 1730, we got in at 1630. That offered the opportunity to give the boat a quick wash down (no soap), get fueled up for tomorrow and take care of the other duties of the captain and the first mate.

After a great shower by each of us, we walked the frigid walk through the beautiful downtown area of St. Aug. We had a great meal at a wonderful Spanish restaurant called Columbia Restaurant with great food. This has been a great place to eat every time we get down here. So now I am ready to get some great sleep and get on down to Cape Canaveral tomorrow.