December 14th,
Sunday, Good Weather News
Today, the temperature reached a high of 60, and tomorrow,
Monday, promises a high of 65 with sunny skies.
Even more promising, was the unexpected report that the Gulf
of Mexico was to be calm toward the end of the week. Previous reports indicated
that the best time to cross the gulf from Carrabelle to Clearwater Beach on the
western coast of Florida was to be today and tomorrow, and then the weather
would kick up the waves and the potential for storms. It appeared the hope for another
crossing opportunity could be a week, maybe more, away. So the news that we may
be able to cross at the end of this week is very welcome, and surprising, and
means we may be able to make Christmas Eve dinner with our friends in
Bradenton.
With the temperatures in the 60s, we could would make the
trip to Carrabelle without freezing!
So we swung into action, did a final load of laundry, did
some quick stocking up at Publix, our now favorite grocery, and returned the
car by 4:30. We planned to leave early
on Monday morning. Our goal was to
anchor out Monday night, dock at the Moorings of Carrabelle Tuesday night and
Wednesday. And prepare for the gulf
crossing on Thursday morning.
Out of all of Kathy’s fears, crossing the gulf was the big
one. In our boat, the crossing would
take 30 some hours of straight motoring. Best to take advantage of the fair
weather forecasts and get it over with.
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