I hope everyone had a great day.  Eric keeps reminding me this post should be named “The WORST Mother’s Day EVER”  but I’m trying to look for what could be considered a bright side of the last 24 hours.  First good thing, No one got hurt or sick.

Yesterday we were very happy to leave Fort Lauderdale, the No See Ums we’re so thick that we locked our selves inside and cranked up the air conditioning.  But on the positive side, we did have a hose full of city water to scrub off the construction dirt.  The kids had a blast soaping up the boat and sliding around on the bubbles.  By the time we left everyone and everything was squeaky clean head to toe.  This is a good thing.

Then we untied, not an easy task from this strange slip, stopped to fill up with fuel, and headed down the Intercoastal Waterway to channel and the open ocean.  Adios No See Ums, go feed on someone else for awhile.  This is a good thing! Wow, the ICW was really busy, and the channel was even worse.  Oh, but first Genny lost her hat and we had to do circles in the channel trying to retrieve it.  The main channel out to sea was the sloppiest water we’ve seen in a long time.  Huge power boats were speeding in and out, their wakes created huge waves that threw the contents of our boat around.  Then of course there were the tankers coming and going and their pilot boats zipping around clearing the way.  Right about this time I passed out the Dramamine figuring it was going to be a long sick night.

Eventually the traffic settled down, we got on course and the wind and the waves were at a perfect angle for a smooth sail.  The Gulf Stream gave us 2 extra knots, we were flying.  This is a good thing!  I went for my nap and got up to take watch at 10 pm.  Eric showed me this huge blob on the Radar that represented the massive lightning storm we saw off on our port side.  He said to keep changing course so it can go by.  Well, just as Eric fell asleep, that storm decided to close in on us no matter where I steered.  ”Wake up, wake up, come see this” is what got him out of bed.  For the next two hours we battled high winds, torrential downpour, and electricity coming out of the sky. Eric is the only one with Foul Weather gear, mine is in the van in NJ waiting for me, so he had to stand out there and get poured on. We had no choice but by using the radar and visuals on the lightning to pick the shortest path through the storm.  Finally, at about midnight we were smooth sailing again.  The water was calm, winds light and the current added to knots to our speed for a total of 7 easy knots.

In the morning, Eric gave me 2 extra hours to sleep.  This is a good thing! Then while he was napping, I waxed parts of the boat’s cabin top, helped Roy get his fishing lines out, and whipped up a great breakfast.  This was going to be a great day.  But something weird was happening with the wind, current and autopilot.  On two occasions, I was up front waxing and all of a sudden the sails started flapping.  We were totally off course, each time I got it fixed.  The last time, Roy started yelling “Fish ON”.  So I was trying to straighten out the boat and Roy discovered it wasn’t a fish but he (actually I) had gotten the line wrapped on the boat.  Once again, “Eric, wake up, wake up, I need help.”  I had to get my mask and go down to unwrap the fishing line from the propeller.  The water off of the Florida coast is nothing like that beautiful blue glass color of the Caribbean.

Next, we were back to sailing along at 7.5 knots.  This is a good thing!  Roy pointed out the numerous jelly fish we were sailing past.  That was scary since I was just in there.  Unlike the clear tentacle free jellys in the Caribbean, these had red tops with tentacles.  I’m not sure, but I think they are cannonball jellyfish.  I didn’t get stung, That’s a good thing!

If all this wasn’t bad enough, we got attacked by several swarms of bugs.  At first there were just a few, then they were all over the place.  HEY we’re at least 10 miles off shore, where did they come from.

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I just learned that these bugs are actually flies the locals call Florida Lovebugs.  Yes, how do you know you are in Florida?  Everyone hides from the humidity and bugs inside with the air conditioner running.

We finally made it to Port Canaveral.  Eric was apprehensive about coming here because we have to dodge cruise ships, go through a bascule bridge and a lock.  Everything went smoothly, That’s a good thing!

Finally, we had a great dinner of bbq hot dogs, yellow rice and vegetables.  The kids tried out their new poles and Roy caught two catfish.  That’s a good thing!  The flying bugs are disappearing, I can’t believe how long they’ve been with us, and so far we haven’t noticed any more pests, That’s another good thing!  We plan to stay here through Wednesday’s rocket launch.  Hopefully the wind that’s predicted come out of the North, will turn around and come from the south.

Now the day is over and I’m in my bed.  Thats a very good thing.