Made it as far as Jupiter Inlet today (Wednesday, May 2oth). As I'm sure it has been with everyone else, the weather has been pretty horrible. Spent hours under a tarp Sunday afternoon until it let up enough to set up the tent. Have since spent 3 miserable days wet, sandy and believe it or not, even in Florida, cold. We were hoping for a little rain to relieve us from the heat, but you know the saying, "be careful what you wish for". We're hoping that as we get further south things will improve. We had to head for a hotel with the impending weather today, which was much needed to dry everything out..........again.
Sunday morning Randy's rudder broke and thank goodness for "Trail Angels". A gentlman that was biking over the Ft. Pierce Inlet inquired as to our destination and started a conversation fortunately for us. He was kind enough to give Randy a ride to the grocery store, McDonalds (thank you GOD!), and West Marine for rudder parts. So I have give a HUGE THANK YOU to Don Spitz for helping us out. We would have been in a mess with the storms that came through later in the day!! Also, thank you to Rick for helping us "de-salt" last friday. And thank you to "DAVIS HOUSE" in Sebastian for helping us find them and being so accomodating. You guys have an awesome place and we appreciate the friendliness after a rough day of paddling.
Not posting many photos this time. With the rain, the camera is better left in a dry bag, but there are some.
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