Merry Christmas

 12/25- Merry Christmas everyone and I hope Santa was good to you. We went into town last night and Alayne went to a service with our friends Mike and Carla. I went to a bar and watched football. Afterwords we tried to go out for a drink but we could not get in anywhere. Seriously on Christmas Eve all the bars and restaurants were filled. Even as late as 10:00 the streets were filled with families and the bars were packed. It eventually started to rain and that started to thin things out. We rode back to the boat in the rain. Thankfully it was a warm rain and it didn’t matter much. I just think of all those half drunk parents trying to wrap presents back home. 

    Christmas Day it pretty much rained all day and so we just hung out on the boat. We talked with some friends and family and got a few boat chores done. In the afternoon we went over to Mike and Carla’s boat and had a meal of sorts. We sat around and chatted while picking at different meats and cheeses. Some cards was played and we even watched a sappy Christmas movie. It was all told a very nice time. 

   Tomorrow is our last day in town so we need to get some things squared away and get the boat ready to move again. It’s been a fun time and I hope we can get back here again but it’s time to head down to the Palm Coast of towns like Daytona and Cape Canaveral etc. Although it’s been warmer I’m still waiting for some shorts weather!!

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