Sunday February 16th 2025

The last three days included two “iffy” weather days surrounding a very nice weather day on Saturday. On Friday and Sunday cold fronts approached the area from the northwest. On Friday black clouds accompanied by brief showers were the primary weather feature of the day. Today (Sunday) strong winds dominated the day. A bigger cold front approached from the northwest. It did a good job interrupting the Daytona 500 NASCAR race for about three hours, but by the time the front arrived here it was nothing much. Still, it kept me from outdoor activities.

Luckily, I took advantage of Saturday’s good weather for a trip to the Atlantic coast. Specifically, I went to the Port Canaveral area. I stopped at Kelly Park on Merritt Island to watch the sailboards, sailboats and other contraptions taking advantage of the wind over the waters of the Banana River. The area was quite active and some of the water craft were moving at amazingly fast speeds.

As late afternoon approached, I moved on to the “Cove” area in Port Canaveral to watch the cruise ships depart. There were six in port. Four departed starting at 4PM and the others were scheduled to leave starting at 5PM. When I got tired of watching the brown pelicans, I departed for home before the last two cruise ships set sail. The port seemed to be very active. In addition to the cruise ships there were several freighters, tugs and a Space X barge with and expended Falcon 9 rocket onboard in port.