I got the dogs to the shore early this morning and paid my $10 to the marina so we are full fledged members until noon tomorrow with access to the showers, laundry, air conditioned lounge, trash cans, and dingy dock. I took a dingy ride to town after breakfast by myself and got cleaned up in the very nice bathrooms. Got to feel the odd sensation of using as much hot water as I want for long as I want like I read about in other cruisers' journals. After over 500 miles cruising this boat down the inland waters of the east coast on this trip and about 850 total miles cruised in this boat since leaving Annapolis last September, I can't deny I'm getting a little wearied of the ICW routine. Plus, I'm listening to report after report of tropical storms coming and starting to think about whether it makes sense to continue to head south at this time. If there's a time to take a break from this cruise, it would seem to be now until late October. I just don't know. The decision whether to cross to the Bahamas in mid-September is coming close.