Yes, things can change on the river in a blink of an eye. With it 50 degrees I would say it was a north wind and a cold front broke down on you which is not good. I am glad you were all ok.
Try as I may to get to the dock before the weather broke, I have had that happen more times than I can count, I know exactly how you felt.
Was the dragon at the mouth of the Banana River when you were here? I think they called her Anne, but not 100% sure about that.
As someone who doesn't have much experience on the water it was terrifying. What made matters worse is my stepson was with us. All I could think about was how terrible I would feel if anything happened to him. He was so stressed and worn out from the near-hypothermia that he slept the rest of the day when we made it back to my parents' house.
I've never heard of Anne! Is it like the Loch Ness monster?
Being raised on the river I would have been very worried especially if it was cold and having a child with you.
Anne is a dragon
she was destroyed by one of the hurricanes 6 years ago
I don't ever remember seeing this! It was a cool sculpture though. I thought, at first, you were saying there was a legend of something in the water like the Loch Ness monster.
Lol on Nessy.
The dragon was built in 1971 and on special occasions it would breathe fire.
Maybe you were gone by then.
I shared the link with my brother and he remembers the dragon. He said it was in really bad shape when he lived there. I bet to see it breathing fire was a sight to behold!
I never saw it breathe fire, I live too far south but sometimes traveled there to fish. Cool that your brother remembered the dragon. It also had eggs with some having baby dragons part way out of them.