Day 309: Road Trip

St. Augustine Municipal Marina to Comachee Cove Marina, St. Augustine, FL (docked) to Rosemary Beach, FL (housed)

November 22, 2022

(Another catch-up post)

We left in time to make the 7:30 opening on this gray, dim day. The sea state is pretty decent which is always good.

Mooring balls at the mariana
The 7:00 opening

Once we were near Comachee Cove, John called to see if, by any chance, the slip was open – and it was. We were able to get an earlier start to our roadtrip.

A last step before we leave Lailia for any length of time is to turn off the water pressure and the water heater. A few years ago we learned to take a photo of the electrical panel before we left so if we had any doubts about whether something was left on we could easily check (instead of driving back to the boat – which I had to do once).

A photo relieves the worry later

It’s a misty gray day in St. Augustine but we’re both really anticipating seeing and hugging our boys. We have family text threads, phone calls, and Zooms but nothing takes place of seeing them in person.

Such an drab day

We’ve got our trip snacks packed – along with some baking supplies (I have my mixer, flour, sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, cookie dough, and a meat thermometer packed). Somehow we’ve managed to bring three ‘cheese-ish’ snacks.

The orange cheese trio of trip snacks

As we got closer to Rosemary Beach (and our kids) the weather cleared up, which seems right.

Getting brighter as we get closer

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Author: Chris McLean

Sailor, reader, baker, nature lover.

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