Titusville

We left Daytona Beach before sunrise on December 7^th because we wanted to make it the 48 miles to Titusville. Another cold morning as we shivered to get the anchor up and get on our way. We had a great run with the current and wind with us and made it before 4pm! We saw lots of dolphins and little islands with palm trees and sandy beaches. We anchored outside of the Titusville marina with lots of other boats. We went ashore the next day and walked around.A space rocket or some test launch of a rocket was set to be launched between 7am and 3pm at the Kennedy Space Station…Dad saw the whole launching though he says that he could barely see anything, while Sal and I only saw the spiral smoke leftover. The downtown area was quite small and a lot of construction going on. We wanted to rent a car as we hoped to go to Disney World the next day. We looked online at Enterprise and found a great deal… 28$ a day. We decided to get the car for two days. When Sal went to go get the car, our great deal turned out to be such a huge rip-off. We thought maybe a few extra dollars a day for insurance. The cost was triple what we expected!!!! I vow never to rent a car again.

However we had a car, so we had better make good use of it. Disney World Here We Come!!! We got up early on Thursday December 8^th and drove our overly expensive car to Orlando and Disney world! We decided on the Magical Kingdom as the park we wanted to go to. We got our tickets and took the tram to the entrance. It was so exciting. There were Christmas decorations everywhere and everyone was in the festive spirit. Sal and I looked around trying not to bump into things or people as we went. It wasn’t too busy in the morning but when it warmed up in the afternoon, there were people and lots and lots of children everywhere. I felt like a kid again. It was exciting to see Mickey and it really did feel like a party. We watched the shows and the parade and went on most of the rides. The rides were mainly for kids but they were so neat and fun. We both had a great day and had a lot of fun. Even Sal was humming Disney tunes on the car ride back. My parents decided they would rather not go, so they stayed in Titusville. They made plans with friends from home who were in the area vacationing to get together for lunch. So they had a pleasant lunch catching up. It apparently got very windy during the day and a cloud of ask from a fire nearby covered their boat. They kept an eye on the boats for us. We arrived home around 9pm tired from a long day of walking.

The next day we had our shopping lists ready to go and used the car to provision up. I think we have enough food to last us a few months! This would be our last big provisioning before we cross over to the Bahamas. Both our boats are sitting a little further down in the water with the extra weight from all the food stored.

December 11^th we planned on heading out early for our next stop, Cocoa, however the fog in the morning delayed our departure for about 2 hours. It lifted around 10 am and then we pulled up anchor and left. We made it the 20 miles in about 4 hours. We anchored in the best spot we could find because we knew another cold front was coming through in the morning. It had just started to warm up and here we go again with the cold!