New Smyrna Beach, FL
Monday, January 31, 2022
Life on the anchor is quiet! We don’t have the power to run our fan at night and because we move with the tide we’re less likely to hear wave slaps. I did hear an owl (!) at about 3 am which was cool.
We took our dinghy to a public dock where Warren met us. Since we don’t have a real freezer on board, ice cream is a huge treat. Strolling through New Smyrna Beach eating ice cream in the sun without wearing winter coats was priceless.
That free dinghy dock had a 4 hour time limit so John moved it back to the restaurant dock we used yesterday. He grabbed a quick drink there so we didn’t feel as if we were freeloading.
Warren and Linda were kind enough to take us on a supply run after dinner. We’ve never had to think about getting supplies back to Lailia, since all of our prior provision trips were when we were docked. The folks at the restaurant were really gracious about letting us carry our haul through at closing time. Had we been just a bit later we would have been unable to access our dinghy!
We’re heading south tomorrow – hopefully making great time as we did yesterday. We hope to get to Merritt Island or even as far as Honeymoon Lake, which will be 50-plus miles.
Life on Lailia 
Chris, please keep up these updates when possible. I very much enjoy following you and John through your daily travails 💙
~ Paula
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