Sunshine sparkled on the water as I sat on a sailboat in shorts and a t-shirt in the final days of November. I couldn't believe that I was on a sailboat. Then I realized the other half of that statement, and I couldn't believe that I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt outside in the final days of November.
I must have moved to Florida. I love this place.
This was actually my second sailboat experince here. On my birthday, the same people who I was with Saturday happened to be taking the boat out and invited me. Of course I said yes. It sounded like a wonderful way to spend my birthday. Of course, since that happend mid-week, I had to work. So we had an evening sail that day. Wow, was that ever great! The evening started out cloudy, so I was worried that I wouldn't be able to see the full(ish) moon. I needn't have worried. I was in Florida afterall. A short time into the trip the clouds broke and the moon dazzled us with her silver beauty, touching the night-dark clouds with silver hi-lites and giving me even more reason to love it here.
But Saturday was when I got the real treat. All the time I've been here, I've been watching the water, trying to spot dolphins or manatee. I've never seen anything that I could say without a doubt was one or the other. But Saturday, sailing in the afternoon sun through a channel of the Indian River, 3 different groups of 3 dolphins each accompanied us through the wake of other vessels. Ahhhh.
Did I mention that I love this place?
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