We were watching the weather as usual and saw that Hurricane Matthew was headed our way. We set up to get Miss Em pulled on the hard at St. Augustine Marine Center and picked up a rental car. Wed. night we repositioned at the Marine center and were told that the center would close the next day for manditory evacuation, just our luck couldn't get the boat pulled. The Center worked out for us to shelter at a lay along floating dock. Since we had spent 2 days securing and prepping the boat it was the best we could do. We left with a heavy heart not knowing if we would have a home to go back to.
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| All prepped and we are packed. A level 4 hurricane means get out of the way. |
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Gary with the last look before we left.
We were happy to see Mom in Tallahassee after a long drive at about 15 miles per hour, Lots of people leaving. I am glad that they did. As usual Mom was glad to see us and fed us like kings. Some of our family came over to Tallahassee from Panama City and we enjoyed watching Alabama and FSU win their weekend ball games. Mom took us to Costco where I found a friend but he was too big to take back to Miss Em.
We returned to our boat on Tuesday. We were able to get pictures from people who stayed or got back early. Miss Em had no damage ! Now to get back and unprep her. |
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| Water had really flooded the area |
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| Closer to the Alantic even on the hard damage |
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| Gary enjoyed this game! |
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| Probably the best place to ride it out! Hey he's a member. |
It is just so sad to see all the destruction. We are so blessed to have made it through with just a lot of hard work before us. The city marina will be closed for a long time so we could not return there. Gary and I moved the boat to anchor off the old fort, Castillo de San Marcos. In fact they just shot off the cannon for the local tour. So we will hang out here until we get more information on our return trip to Marathon. Gary and I want to return here and enjoy the City Marina Again.
