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Cruising cats May 30 & 31
Thu, 1 Jun 2006 20:37:11 -0400 rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Annie Wxill...
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Palm Cove Marina, Jacksonville Beach, Florida Planning each day includes considering wind, tides and currents to time our departure and arrival. Today, we had all three in our favor and we felt like we were flying as we zipped along at almost 9 mph with the engine speed that usually gets us about 6 to 7. polonca12000...
We pulled into the marina at high tide, shortly before noon. A hot hike took us to a grocery store and we loaded up a backpack and our little folding pull cart and returned to Genesis. Of course, we had to stop and pick some choice blades of grass to take back to Cinder and Rosie as well. Marina...
The tide turned and by evening, Genesis was sitting on the mud in about 3 feet of water beside the dock. The next high tide with enough water for us to move would be midnight and then noon. Oops. Wednesday, May 31, 2006 Beach Marine, Jacksonville Beach, Florida We decided to leave at the same time during high tide at noon.. The wind was gusty, which we don't like. Shortly before we untied the lines, we got a weather report of stormy weather headed to the area where we planned to anchor. Yet, if we stayed where we were, we'd be unable to leave until afternoon the next day. After some discussion, we left the dock to go to another marina across the ICW. The cats saw the preparations to leave, and settled into their routine travel stations. When we were underway for only about a total of 20 minutes, they acted as if they were surprised that the trip was so short. They'd barely had time to start a good nap. But, even so, they demanded their usual treats that they get when we stop. We hope that the weather will permit us to resume our journey tomorrow. Annie, crew for Rosie & Cinder polonca12000...
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