Day 29 – April 28

We wake to clouds and threatening skies.  I fire up the generator to boost the batteries in case we do not get a lot of sun, since the weather forecast is not promising.  After the morning broadcast, we go ashore and walk to Publix.  (Ok, here they go to Publix again; but without a car or bike it is hard to tote any significant amount of groceries the mile back to the harbor, plus it gets us off the boat and provides some exercise.  I made the mistake of gathering too many groceries the other day and it was painful walk back.)  We stop at a couple of shops before reaching Publix.  After returning, the skies are still cloudy, but Beth decides that she will give the beach a try.  We motor off up Sisters Creek and Beth says we never see any wildlife and as soon as she says that we spot a blue heron in the mangroves.  After I drop Beth at the beach, on my return a small ray jumps about 4 feet out of the water.  The ray has a tail that is almost 3 feet long.  Where’s the camera when you need one. 

 Since I do not like sitting on the beach for very long, I come back to the boat to work on some projects.  I had put together some frames for screens to fit in the two windows (I finished the screen insert for the door), but never got to finish them before we left.  I am working on the port side since it is the toughest one.  Even though I measured everything and calculated the angles, there is nothing square on the boat so I am planing the sides down to get it to fit.  I almost finish the fitting when I look up and there is a large set of clouds moving our way.   I pack everything back in the boat and put everything away, which is a mistake, and go get Beth.  On the way back from the beach, the clouds open up and we are soaked by the time we get to the boat.  (Shouldn’t have put everything away.) 

We dry off and shortly the weather clears.  We motor over for showers and then have dinner.  I am reading and Beth is watching a movie when we look out and the sky is lit up with the sunset.  Since it had been so cloudy, we were not expecting any sunset, but the skies cleared enough to let the sun highlight the evening sky.