Thursday December 8th 2016

The weather is about to change in this area of Florida. Today was sunny in the low seventies, but the forecast for tomorrow has the high remaining in the 60s. The cold weather in the rest of the country is reaching down into Florida.

My focus today was on chores around camp. I discovered an accumulation of dust on the far side of the bed that told me it was time for more than just a cursory pass with the broom. I got the attachments for the build-in vacuum out of the basement storage and got down on my knees in the bedroom with the business end of the suction hose. I proceeded to work my way to the front of the rig. I try to sweep frequently and use the vacuum every couple of months, but this is the first time I’ve crawled around under the bed overhang and got into similar places in the main room.

Pelican floating in the boat basin

The next step was an attempt to get the rug from the bathroom clean. It is a light color rug that I probably should put through the laundry regularly, but it isn’t something that I think about. I went at it with a hose and brush out on the picnic table. It’s still drying this evening, so I don’t know how successful I was at cleaning it. I’m inclined to replace it with something darker that fits into the bathroom space better than this rug.

Big container ship arrived in the port overnight.

On my walks about the campground and beach area today, I noticed that the ships in the port have changed. They seem to move in and out during the night. Unless they have to sound their horns for some reason, you don’t know anything is going by. During the day you can often see ships and barges in holding patterns off the coast. I presume they are waiting for available space at a pier.