Thanksgiving Day Nov 26

Thursday Nov 26 Happy Thanksgiving

So, today we are having Thanksgiving with the rest of the boatyard. The head mechanics wife will cook the turkeys and the hams and everyone brings odds and ends of food. It will be interesting because its outside and the winds are gusting to 35 mph and the clouds are speeding over.

Fort Pierce is on a boil-water notice today because a water main broke yesterday in the storm [I guess it froze.]

We drove up to St. Augustine yesterday and went to the sailor's exchange. Rick found a few on the small things we needed and O managed to find the yellow sunbrella for the sail cover. There is a wall 12 feet high of rolls of fabric at the back of the store where it's dark and dingy. I made Quentin climb the ladder and pull out rolls so I could see the colours. Apparently blue is the most popular boat colour so there was every other colour except blue.  He managed after about 50 rolls to find me a blue one! So I got 4.75 yards of sunbrella for the cockpit cushions and the sail UV strips. I forgot to find out about the spinnaker!!!! AARRRGGGG!

Yesterday was like having a holiday. We spent the whole day driving. It took 3 hours to get up there and the traffic was insane. Everyone was heading out for Thanksgiving. Considering that it is less than a full month to Christmas, Americans make a bigger deal of Thanksgiving than they do for Christmas. The schools are closed the day before and the day after so it's a three day holiday, which is great when it attaches to a weekend!! Also makes it more fun? when Black Friday is the day after.

Quentin did some of his Christmas shopping, but he didn't get the deals he wanted so he wants to go to the Toys R Us on Black Friday to get a special gift. I guess we'll suck it up and try it.

Today and tomorrow we'll finish all the small jobs while we wait for the gasket. How many times have I said that??  I am hoping we can get out of here in time to hook up with C-Soul, Windreka, Anneteak, Modaki, and everyone else heading down to south Florida to cross over.

Still haven't taken the camera to see the peacocks and the Christmas trees here. Maybe later today, if it doesn't rain. The sky is really clear and its getting warm again, but the winds are high and the seas are rough. Fast moving showers are forecast to come through.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Have a good day! Stay warm and dry!