Just a short post today as there was not much change in the rain and wind. Tommy did some writing most of the day while Paula baked a banana, carrot, raisin bread, utilizing ingredients that “needed eating up”.
There is the prospect of the wind and squall activity moderating in the next 24-36 hours and lasting for two full days. This is widely agreed-upon by most of the weather services, although they differ in timing. One of two scenarios is likely for us (both on the ICW): in the first, the weather will be clear of winds and thunderstorm risk by tomorrow afternoon and allow us to travel 22 miles to Peck Lake anchorage, thus traversing the 7 most closely-spaced and pesky bridges of the entire 200 mile trip back with only the prospect of intermittent rain. Then the next day (Wednesday) we’d do an additional 40 mile journey to Vero Beach. In the second scenario, if the predicted clearing does not happen early enough in the day tomorrow for us to get to Peck Lake before dark, we will leave early on Wednesday morning and travel to Vero Beach in one 62-mile run – a long day.
We did take a short walk in the neighborhood this afternoon, and tonight walked to Hog Snapper’s, a self-described “shack and sushi’ restaurant. We had excellent seafood bisque. Tommy got snapper encrusted with crab, and Paula had the ceviche.
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Wow, Paula and Tom. The jet stream has just not cooperated with you guys! I’ve been tracking your weather with my buddies at the NWS and there just isn’t a whole heck of a lot of change coming for your area. That Northerly flow that exists in your weather pattern doesn’t look like it’s going to change much. If you do travel, be safe! (I know you will!) I’ll be keeping an eye on your weather from afar!
Thanks, Rich! As things stand now, we are planning to depart tomorrow morning (Wednesday 23rd) and travel to Vero Beach. On Thursday the goal is to reach Titusville, where we can regroup as the forecasts beyond Thursday are still quite disparate. Looking at the meteorological and geological events across the country we feel quite fortunate that all we are experiencing is wind and rain. It’s not much to complain about compared to hot lava!