After making landfall at Cape Canaveral, Nina and I hadn't gone very far up the Florida ICW when she got word that her Aunt Annie had died suddenly. Annie lived with Nina's mom, and Nina decided to go to Arcadia to be support for her mom and to help with things that needed done. Within an hour of getting the news, she was packed, we had arranged for a car rental, and I had dropped her off in Daytona. I will miss her for the journey up the coast, but she is definitely where most needed. After taking care of things in Florida, Nina and her mom decided to drive to Michigan to visit with another terminally ill sister of her mom's.
Here on the boat I have been plugging along northward at a decent pace, it took four more days to reach Georgia, then four to South Carolina. I am presently in Beaufort, SC and getting some needed rest, and shower.
After passing through Hells Gate in Georgia I came to Moon River which, I believe, is the actual place that inspired the song.
"Dream maker,
You old heart breaker,
Wherever you're going,
I'm going your way. "
Two drifters,
Off to see the world.
There's such a lot of world to see.
We're after the same rainbow's end,
Waiting round the bend.
My Huckleberry friend,
Moon River, and me. "
Uh Oh, not a good thing.
A gathering of egrets in coastal Florida
Must be the south land. At least the confederate flag is under the USA flag tho it is also considerably larger.
I'm reading a very informative book called, The Sixth Extinction, An Unnatural History. It explores the five known mass extinctions that have happened over the history of life on the Earth and makes the case that one is also happening now. The last chapter was about the coral reef ecosystems which are largely expected to be gone by the end of the century due to the acidification of the oceans. Even the protected reef systems such as we have been visiting in the Bahamas can't be protected from changes in the ocean.
Y'all keep in touch, hear?
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