To Canavaral

Day 26 (Thurs, Dec 8): Almost there. Today we would do our next to last leg of the journey to Cape Canaveral and where we would have Gaia pulled to paint her bottom. We headed out from Daytona to Titusville. I again, did the majority of the driving. The tedious following of the narrow ICW is not Patrick’s favorite thing to do. I am pretty good at following the magenta line on the chart plotter and on his laptop (remember my favorite piece of equipment on Gaia now). The day started out nice but the wind built by the time we were ready to pull into the marina, once again it was blowing pretty hard. Patrick did a very nice job getting Gaia into her slip. We showered and headed out to dinner. “Chops” is our pick for restaurants thus far on the trip. Incredible chef. The food was very, very well done and they were not over priced.  

Being here is kind of bitter sweet for Patrick given the state of our aero space industry. He remembers the shuttle and what this area used to be like, the hopefulness and optimism. Now, most of the businesses are closed, the town feels a bit like a ghost town. Very, very sad. Everything goes in waves or tides, I am sure our country/world will get things/priorities back on track. I just hope it doesn’t take too long for folks to realize science, caring for one another and the planet is what has to be the priority. Enough about politics but I am an optimist. We will see the light.