We spent a few hours on Christmas cards during the morning. Our hope for the afternoon was to motor over to Caladesi Island State Park which was two or three miles away from our anchoring location. The park is accessible only by boat and has twice been voted a National Gold Medal Winner as America’s Best Beach. Regrettably, the sea fog rolled in before lunch and made it impossible for us to navigate anywhere for a couple of hours. For now, this park will have to remain on our list of places we’d like to see.
Because we had an appointment for the boat in St. Petersburg tomorrow afternoon, we thought we’d better start heading that way. Our appointment was at noon and we had 25 miles to travel. We pulled anchor at 2:15 pm and made our first stop at the Clearwater Municipal Marina where we had still had keys to the showers. We anchored the boat in the harbor, dinghied over to the fuel dock, mailed our Christmas letters at the marina’s post office and used the shower facilities. By the time we finished, it was after 4 pm and Blue Heron had disappeared into the fog. We decided it would be best if we stayed put for the night and planned to get up very early tomorrow morning to make our trip. A cold front was supposed to come through which would help dry the air and clear out the fog.
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