8:51 pm

     No we haven't left this hemisphere or this world.  We arrived in Titusville, Florida last Wednesday (Thanksgiving Eve) with the intention of staying here for quite some time.  We were expecting to see a space shuttle launch on December 3rd at 2:30 am - yes I said 2:30 am.  Shortly after arriving we did some internet research on the event only to learn they had canceled the December 3rd launch and rescheduled for December 17th.  Bummer.  As a distraction over the cancellation of the shuttle launch, Sharon and I got to work - boat work that is.  We decided to strip and refinish the teak wood on the interior of the transom.  So that was our highlight for Thanksgiving day - correction - the highlight was the Thanksgiving dinner Sharon made for us after she spent her day stripping  the wood finishes on the transom.   

      Today we went to a marina so that we could do some provisioning of the boat - more food, more water, do some laundry and fill one of our propane tanks.  There is something that we have noticed about Floridians in our travels on the mainland today.  We are running around in shorts and T-shirts and the Floridians are wearing coats and when I went to get propane today they had a propane heater on heating the office.  Hey people it's 78 degrees outside.  Oh I'm sorry, it was cold and raw today because it was raining.
     The anchorage we had been at for 5 days was our kind of hole - it may have been wide open but we had it to ourselves.  We also had a great view of Kennedy Space Center - the shuttle assembly building, the shuttle transporter and the launch pad with the shuttle at the ready for launch.  We have decided to hang around central Florida with the intention of returning for the new launch date of December 17th.   Hopefully the launch will go as scheduled and we will have photos to post.   This launch attempt will be at a time more suited for us - 8:51 pm.