Jan. 13

We woke to palms bending in the wind.  The temperature was warm but when we reached the ramp at the Route 200 Bridge the whitecaps were building even with the wind following a strong current.  I had thought we might at least get to row the five miles or so from there up to the end of the island. I resolved that we were going to get something out of the day so we visited the ramp at the northern end and then went to look at the landing on Black Hammock Island.  We planned the rest of the stops on the way south to Daytona and, clearly being weather days for the next three or four days, we decided to try to find a hotel for two nights near the meeting I needed to be at for TOTO on the 15^th. 

We drove to Orlando in good time but then spent an hour trying to find the hotel.  We had driven through heavy downpours and thunder and lightning.  I was very frustrated to think that we had taken another day to make no progress.  The forecast looked even bleaker and I would be lucky to be back on the water until the 21^st when we returned from the sales meeting I needed to attend in West Palm Beach from the 18^th to the 20^th. We will try to row a 15-mile piece that we did not row last year between Edgewater and a remote landing in the Canaveral National Seashore. My hands are in great shape and I hope they will keep that way for the upcoming break if I can’t do this.