Yesterday I arrived at the 7 Seas Marina in Daytona Beach for a long break before the final push to the Bahamas. During the past 15 days of travel I traveled every day except one. Other than standing on a fuel dock a couple of times I also only went ashore one day and have been on board the rest of the time. A VERY long trip and it's great to stop for awhile! :) Boundless ran great and it's nice to have a good boat to do long passages in. It was a great trip of dicsovery as well as I was able to go in and out of several inlets from offshore that I have never explored before and that has added to my navigation knowledge of the East Coast.
Despite being tied in a slip at a marina with no travel plans today, I still woke up at 5am feeling like I should be getting underway! For the past 2 weeks I've gotten the anchor up in the dark and traveled the first hour or so in the dark just to get as much mileage in as possible for the day. Funny too that while it's great to stop and take a break even on this first morning of rest, part of me wants to push on, see new places, and experience the constant navigation challenges every day brings. Crazy right? Adventure is addictive...
The plan now is to spend Thanksgiving with my dad here in Daytona, leave the boat for a few weeks and return around Christmas to take Boundless the rest of the way to the Bahamas. I can't think of the last time "plan A" actually worked out so, we'll see what really happens in a few weeks!
Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving enjoying friends and family. They're more important than adventure....Jeff