Travels of Geo Nova

Titusville City Marina

We have just passed the one-week mark on our stay here and are glad we made the decision to by pass Cumberland Island, as the weather would not have been conducive to a safe passage if we waited. That being said the weather has been most pleasant this past week.

This past Sunday we decided to do something a bit crazy however not too crazy if you are a NE Patriot fan. Being a football Sunday and the NE game not scheduled to be broadcast locally we decided to walk 4 miles to a local sports bar to catch the game. As it turned out our very good friends Dick and Andria just got back into town after a frigid vacation to New England. They call as we arrived at the bar so after ordering a beer and take out food they came and picked us up and we were able to go to their home to watch the remainder of the game.

It has been great catching up with Dick and Andria. The have been so good to us in so many ways including loaning us a car so that we could visit Abe in Boynton Beach. The car loan has come in handy by enabling us to make several trips to Merritt Island National Wildlife Sanctuary. This is one of our favorite places in Florida. It is a natural stopping place for many species of migratory birds. In fact we saw three new to us birds there, the Reddish Egret, Black Bellied Plover and the Gull Billed Turn.

This time has also allowed us to get some boat chores done. The cabin top of the boat got waxed yesterday with the help of Dick. The extra person made the job go much quicker. Diana made up a new snubber line to replace the one that chaffed during Sandy. I installed 2 new reading lights. We dried out the dingy engine and it is now ready for service. The list gets shorter each day.

Marina life is no bad. The city Marina hosted a wine tasting yesterday. The wine was ok but not spectacular. Many people will be surprised that we didn't purchase any of the wine.