Titusville

I am presently hunkered down for 5 days on a mooring in Titusville. My plan is to rent a car tomorrow and drive to Leesburg to visit my Aunt Dutch and my cousin Carl for Thanksgiving. And this town is a good place to lay in provisions as well, with the lowest prices I have seen anywhere for food. Examples include a carton of eggs for 59 cents, 8 ounces of cheddar cheese for $1.69, and and a bag of McIntosh apples for $2.69. I don't know how they do it. I mean, there aren't any apple orchards in Florida that produce Macs, and the cheese is half the price we pay back home, but just about everything is half price
 I will use the rental car to bring a large amount of food to the dock. I have already transported about 8 bags but it is slow going by foot. I also managed to get the propane tank filled. Since leaving Ferrisburgh a bit over 2 months ago I have used $8.03 worth of propane, cooking at least once a day. And, importantly, I was able to acquire a large stack of used books. Because Titusville is  particularly dreary town, these are proving to be a real blessing. Am about 600 pages into my first Tom Clancy novel. Not my typical genre, but really enjoying it.

Coming down this way gave me a look at a bit of Florida that hasn't been shattered by overpopulation and development. There was about 10 or 15 miles with practically nothing manmade,  along Mosquito Lagoon, and it was quite lovely. But I will be heading into the crucible of congestion again soon and expect that to change.

Happy Thanksgiving!
Charlie