On the 20th, Patina stayed in the ICW because of the small craft advisory. In the afternoon, they saw manatees in the ICW, with one in particular coming close to the port bow. Patina by-passed the North Palm Beach Marina where we spent a couple of the weeks in the spring. The total lunar eclipse was visible that evening. On the 21st at about 4:30 Patina went under her 15th bridge for the day and docked in Fort Lauderdale at Bahia Mar Marina late in the afternoon on the 21st.
Ken decided to end the trip there for the holidays. Will and Charlie headed for home on the 23rd and Gay arrived on the 23rd. After a fabulous dinner on the porch of Coconuts (walking distance from the marina), the Burkes turned in. The 24th involved lots of provisioning (Whole Foods and Publix and West Marine and the French Bakery) and cleaning to get the boat ready for the late evening arrival of Tynan. Tynan had never seen the boat and had some adjusting to get his 6'4" frame accustomed to the forward berth and head. Tynan's head took more than one hit as he adjusted.
On the 25th, Gay's sister, Bobette, and her husband Ken joined us for a late day Christmas dinner of barbequed pork chops, asparagus, tomato-basil mozzarella salad and chocolate dipped strawberries. Not our traditional Christmas meal but it seem appropriate for the setting. This was Gay's first chance to use the grill and it worked very well. We ate dinner in the cockpit and had a great evening. Christmas day turned out to be Tynan's only nice weather day. The weather turned cold and very windy at the same time that the freezer seemed to break. A trip for dry ice and coolers allowed us to save most of the expensive food (and caused us to need to jettison the less expensive things like condiments and frozen waffles). On the 26th, Bobette and Ken came back over and we went to a very chilly dinner at Coconuts (not as pleasant as the prior one). The 27th was cold and windy as well. Beth and Scott, friends from Melbourne came over and brought their Argentinian exchange student, Vicky. The weather put a damper on the day but we did walk along the beach and head into town for a nice late lunch at Timpano. It was great to catch up with them again and to meet Vicky.
There was gigantic blizzard from the mid-Atlantic up through New England. Thousands of flights were cancelled and travelers stranded.
Tynan flew out of Fort Lauderdale on the 28th and naturally, the good weather returned. His flight was delayed about 1.5 hours because of the snafus associated with the blizzard, but luckily, he got on his way. Miraculously the freezer started working again so we were able to get back to "normal" or as normal as you can get in a slip that is not your home port. Tynan did not get a chance to get out on the water, so we are hoping that his next trip will be better!
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