CODA BAHAMAS BOUND 2024-2025 (56)

CODA :  Last day on the boat (Holiday break begins tomorrow)

22 November 2024

Palm Coast Marina, Palm Coast, Florida  

Nice pose from a Great Blue Heron.

Marc-  Not much excitement today.  More boat cleaning and maintenance.  I enjoyed a nice walk over to the Bike shop to pick up a new wheel.  The three broken spoke wheel from yesterday was not worth fixing according to the bike technician.  It was easy to put the new wheel on even though it is not the quick release type like the one it replaced.  There was one interesting encounter at the bike shop.  As I walked up to the bike shop a little old lady and her two adorable miniature collies drove up in a tricycle with a parasol on top.  She didn't look a day over 100 and the dogs looked well trained.  She got right off the bike and helped her little pups out.  Both of them came over and started licking my hands.  All three of them, the lady and the two mini collies walked right up to the counter and asked if someone could put air in her tires.  The tech dropped everything and pulled an air hose down from the ceiling.  It took only a minute to check and fill the tires.  I commented on her nice red tricycle with a disc brake on the front wheel.  She then explained that this had an electric kicker.  She described it as electric power assist when she felt it was needed.  She added that she was a diabetic and there are times when her energy level gets low and her bike with the "kicker" gets her and the dogs home.

My only successful maintenance projects were varnishing the remaining cockpit floor grids and installing a fan in the head.  It was 47 degrees when we rose this morning and tonight is headed for a cool 41 degrees.  I set the timer for 540 minutes at 68 degrees and the diesel heater kept us warm all night. Hoping for a repeat performance tonight!

I am confident that it will not get below freezing here. 

The water pipes are mostly controlled above ground.

Colors looking East from the marina reflecting the sunset.

More marina road sunset colors.

Goodness gracious great balls of fire.  Now that is a sunset.

Fading fast.

Sue and I will return January 6th!

Lou- Oh man! Last blog entry for me for this trip!

Today we folded up and stored the bikes, ate most of the rest of our food (we're at the point where we're putting together weird meals, just to empty the fridge, which I enjoy the creative challenge of!), and Dad did a million projects! 

I worked some more on my paper towel novel and met some of our neighbors. There was someone with a British accent! And a guy with a little black dog named Burrito. Another sailor was decorating his boat with twinkly lights for the holidays.

Tomorrow we've got to fill up the water tanks, eat all the rest of our perishable food, clean our linens, check the electrical switches (I don't know what this means, but it's on the list), spray for insects, duct tape the anchor pipes, pack, tidy up, and go! Our flight leaves at 5pm, so we should have enough time!

Well, this has been epic! Thanks for reading :)! Toodaloo!

Marc- We found a ride to the airport tomorrow... in Jacksonville! Unfortunately, we need to get to the airport at Daytona Beach, so I guess we'll be taking a Lyft!