Our hope is that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with a stuffed belly and a smile while you nap on the couch.. We left New Smyrna Beach city dock and got our mail sail up right away. The wind was blowing at about 15 to 20 knots and Carl was gonna make use of that.  Carl had said during the trip this summer that he wished our boat would haul at about 8 to 10 knots, well with the current with us and high winds he was able to average about 8 knots which is really good for our vessel..Carl passed a guy from Montreal like he was standing still, and he was in a much longer boat. Left him in our wake.. It made the guy so mad he put up his jib sail and tried to catch us.. To no avail..Carl smiled for hours after that deal.  It was a nasty day at sea though, the river is very rough sea's, like a washing machine with a bit of height to it and the winds gusting about 25. The waves were about 3 foot following sea's and giving us a push.. Carl does a magnificent job staying at the helm in all kinds of weather, me not so much, I prefer to stay below in this deplorable weather. At one point today I had to go topside and take the helm because, we were making a turn and Carl needed to drop the mail sail before we entered a canal. Back out of the canal, he was back at the helm and I stayed topside for a while, but it was just to cold and nasty, so back inside the cabin for me and Bella. The weather got worse as the day went on. At 40 miles Carl had had enough of the weather and we dropped anchor next to a bridge. No way to get out of the wind, but we did have the protection of a causeway to keep the high waves off us. Anchored for the night we played a game of Rummy till it was time for our Thanksgiving feast.. Now don't be jealous, I know all you had was turkey and all the fixins, while we had salmon patties with mushroom/onion balsamic glaze and leftover  rice, steamed carrots ( we love) followed by pumpkin cheesecake.. Now that's a meal..And the pumpkin cheese cake really made it feel like Thanksgiving... We knew the winds and waves would be down this morning, so we got an early start on the day, we expect to make it to our friend Jim's boat today. Jim leaves on a boat in Indian Harbor Beach, Fla. Getting closer everyday..