2014 Florida Cruise: Mill Creek, Solomon's Island

The plan for today is basically to hang out, take a walk, get haircuts, do a little shopping and otherwise sit out an expected rainy day.

It rained, sometimes heavily, on and off all morning but by lunch the rain had stopped although the skies were still quite overcast. After a quick lunch on board, we dropped the dinghy and motored to the dinghy dock the town provides for transients like ourselves.

Sitting under the dodger, wishing the rain would go away

Raining on the creek, this was the view across from our comfy little point

The town of Solomon's Island is at the end of a peninsula that once was an island but today is connected by a "street level" bridge to the mainland. The town itself is small and predominantly restaurants, tourist shops and marinas, none of which was of interest to us. Our objective was exercise, a barber shop/salon and a grocery store, all of which could be obtained by walking about 1.5 miles up and along Route 4, the main divided highway through the Solomon's island area.

The walk to the grocery store (with a successful stop for a trim for both of us along the way) was hot and sweaty -- the A/C in the grocery store was on "high" and felt wonderful. After "loitering" around the store to pick up the few items we needed (and take advantage of the A/C), we headed back, stopping for a lemon ice (Jack)/vanilla custard(Sue) at a "Rita's" along the way. It started raining again just as we finished our treats, so the walk and dinghy ride back to the boat were wet (but not too uncomfortable).

Back at the boat, Jack was feeling creative so he breaded and fried some "chicken bites" with a yogurt and egg binder and wokked-up some veggies to go with it -- deee-lish and enough left over for another day!

The day ended with the rain stopping, a spectacular rainbow, the skies clearing, a soft pastel colored sunset and a dazzlingly clear, star studded night sky to sooth our wet souls.