Happy Holidays to All

We jumped from St. Augustine to Daytona Beach for another two nights. Grant Hospital gave me a bundle of Macy's gift certificates as a retirement gift and Daytona has a mall with a Macy's store.

We didn't get any photos of Daytona because of rain and overcast skies. We did our shopping. Mandy talked to Santa between his visits with children and loved the Christmas decorations throughout the mall. After that, the camera broke so we will have no photos until we get a new camera.

Our dock neighbor, John, joined us after dinner on Friday night for a few holiday libations. John is a singlehander and showed me a few unknown anchorages in the area.

We anchored the following night in Mosquito Lagoon, a body of water behind the barrier islands that carry highway A1A to Miami and beyond. It's the biggest anchorage we have ever used, measuring about 3 miles wide by 10 miles long.

We arrived in Harbortown Marina on Merritt Island on Sunday, December 20. We are there still and are spending Christmas with our friends, Jim and Vicki Oneal who live on their boat here.

They have been hauling us around to shop, drink, and dine at all of the best local places. We had the best ever Jalapeno Poppers, the funkiest tacos, and more. They drove us to a Christmas light display similar to Ogelby in West Va but better. We went through twice.

Last night, we all went to hear a musician play his steel drums with recorded backup at the marina bar. He even gave Mandy a lesson.

Jim and Vicki are visiting family today but will return soon. We have a turkey breast, stuffing, potatoes, and gravy on the menu for tomorrow.

I have the dinghy set up to take Mandy for a row in the canal next to the marina to hunt for Manatee. Merry Christmas!! I hope to have a new camera soon so we can resume posting photos.