Today was our day ashore in Amelia Island. We took down the headsail yesterday, worked on the oil change. Today, it was 49F inside the boat when we woke up, but around 30 outside! Cold. I know, that's a heat wave at home, but here, on the boat,it's cold...We're at anchor in the Amelia River, just south of Fernadina, Fl, and near Amelia Island Yacht Basin. It's a pretty good anchorage, although the current is 2 to 3 knots. The bottom is black sandy mud, and seems to be good holding. We've been lucky so far, the forecast strong winds haven't come here. Last night, sleet and flurries were forecast, but the skies were clear, and the stars brilliant.
So today, we dinghied in a quarter mile to the yacht basin, took Mom's car, and did some shopping. This afternoon, we picked up Barry's truck at the dealer's. It has a nice top on the back. It really looks great. We also went dumpster diving for carpet remnants at a carpet shop, so we'll have carpet to pack things up to ship.
Barry used his metal detector on the ocean beach. found a penny and a nickel. At least he wasn't skunked!
It's getting close to time to haul the boat out of the water. Sad, and exciting at the same time.
Should be cold again tonight. Then a cold front comes through Saturday night. All the weather forecasting we learned is no help down here at all. The fronts form down here! Hard for a beginner to predict, to say the least. and they merge, and they turn around and go the opposite direction. We just pray alot!
Have a good day!