Friday December 2nd 2016

Today was almost 20 degrees cooler than yesterday. It probably broke 70 degrees at some point during the day, but for most of the day it was in the 60s. The day started out even cooler with the overnight lows in the 50s. I’m not complaining, just observing. These temperatures are a couple of degrees cooler than normal, but so much better than what it’s like in the northeast.

I didn’t do anything special today. This afternoon I took a drive north to the Daytona Beach area. I didn’t have any specific destination or plans. It was just a drive to check out the area. My biggest observation is that traffic is heavy. The volume of out of state tags is increasing. When combined with the locals and the holiday season, the roads are getting crowded.

My only stop was at Walmart. I’m looking for a cheap little Christmas tree. I want something like the foot tall artificial tree I had last winter. It needs to be cheap, because I’ll throw it away after the holiday. I don’t have room to truck it around. It’s bad enough that I carry a few old ornaments and Christmas Mickey and Mini Mouse. They’ll come out of storage soon.

Disney Cruise ship passing by the campground as it departs Port Canaveral

Sailboat inbound for Port Canaveral passing the Disney Cruise ship leaving the port.

I got back to camp just in time to see the Disney Cruise ship depart port. The Royal Caribbean ship had already departed. Looking across the campground to the cruise ship in the channel continues to remind me just how big these things are. I walked over to the beach to watch the ship sail out of site.