Back in the US

We did cross Sunday as planned BUT not with the weather we were expecting.
This was not our worst crossing but also not our best.
We had aquarium water all along the bank but went too far -- too close to Memory Rock. The wind kicked up and so did the waves which made for a very uncomfortable night of TRYING to sleep. I had to come upstairs to try to sleep. This is the closest I have come to actually being sick on the boat, I even got out a brown bag in case I needed it.
It was not fun trying to get the anchor up in the winds --20-30, plus waves about 2 feet. We had 2 footers about 3/4 across then glass. We had planned to got to Fort Pierce but the water was so nice and we were averaging speeds close to 10 mph so we looked at other options. I checked the tides for Sebastian Inlet and found we would enter on an incoming tide. On to Sebastian.
Coming in the Inlet we reached a speed of 14.2mph a new top speed for us. Good thing we had checked the tide charts -- would not have been pleasant on an outgoing tide.
We did not go far to anchor. Paul called to "check us in" with customs and immigration. Sure was easy with the Local Boaters option cards we got last year.
We spent some time making phone calls and then "adjusting" to a different life. Lot so cars, motorcycles, lots of noise, lots of lights, trains -- and just a different life.
We watched the NASCAR race. We both slept well in our beautiful CALM quiet anchorage.
We were going to stop in Coco Beach but I talked with our friend Susan and she had a change in her party plans. We are planning to get the boat to Brunswick then head for West Palm for her party so we need to step things up a little.
We went to one of our frequent anchorages in Mosquito Lagoon. There is no protection from wind in any direction but no problem the wind is predicted to be 5k and less.
We anchored in about 7 feet of water. Paul put out about 70 feet of chain.
We had a nice dinner and enjoyed setting on the bow for a pleasant evening.
We had one dolphin playing around the boat.
Paul checked Weather Works and saw a small storm west of us that we would probably get a tip of and a BIG one north that really looked nasty so we hoped it would pass us.
We did get just a small portion of the small storm but just as we were headed to bed the BIG one hit. We had many gust over 50 mph topping at 55mph. The boat rocked,bounced and swung. The storm lasted more than 30 minutes. We did have some lightning but mostly wind and lots of rain. We were both "uncomfortable" sitting in the pilot house watching the wind gauge.
Our trusty Super Max anchor held and the boat got all the salt washed off. We still made it to bed by 11:30 and had a good nights sleep with winds less than 5 mph.
We have just passed through Daytona -- lots of memories here