First, let me apologize for being so far behind on the blog. It seems that time has flown by since the weather warmed up and we've been visiting such great places in Florida. After leaving St. Augustine, we made a two day visit in New Smyrna Beach. It's a great beach town that we fell in love with immediately. We could see dolphins and manatees playing off the stern of our boat every day.
During our sail we saw 3 cruise boats leave port as well as a submarine. The sub was huge and very impressive under power. Unfortunately, the pic didn't come out so well. The cruise ships had large crowds on the deck to see the sunset (Bill and John thought they were out to see them...yeah, right).
Cruiser's outside the marina lounge, discussing the day's activities.
The dinghy dock was always full of boats. When you live onboard, your dinghy is your "car."
The view from the stern of our boat. Not bad, eh?
We met Joe and Deanne at the dock. They retired to New Smyrna from New Jersey. They were kind enough to drive us to West Marine then give us an in-depth tour of the area. Great folks!
We met Joe and Deanne at the dock. They retired to New Smyrna from New Jersey. They were kind enough to drive us to West Marine then give us an in-depth tour of the area. Great folks!
John Mastbaum, a long-time friend of Bill's came to visit Dec. 20 - 26. We had a terrific time. Picked him up in Titusville then made our way to Cape Canaveral. This is a shot of a wonderful day sail we had off the coast.
John and Bill at the helm.
During our sail we saw 3 cruise boats leave port as well as a submarine. The sub was huge and very impressive under power. Unfortunately, the pic didn't come out so well. The cruise ships had large crowds on the deck to see the sunset (Bill and John thought they were out to see them...yeah, right).
From Cape Canaveral, we anchored behind Dragon Point for the night then on to Vero Beach. Sailors refer to it as "Velcro Beach" because once you are there you don't want to leave. Now I can see why. It was a beautiful town with a fabulous beach only a mile from the marina, free bus service throughout the city and beautiful parks. We arrived on Christmas Eve and immediately ran into our friends from Annapolis, Jan and Ian aboard Jockslodge. They told us there would be a cruiser's potluck on Christmas Day. I searched through the fridge and managed to come up with a couple of dishes to share. It was a very nice party with lots of great food and new friends to meet.
We had such a great time in Vero that we decided to stay through New Year's. Joined a riot of a party on one of the boats, complete with music and dancing. Felt terrible the next day, but it was worth it. The video footage we have of everyone dancing is a hoot!
I wish I would have taken more pics, but here's a couple from the marina.
Cruiser's outside the marina lounge, discussing the day's activities.
The grounds feature large trees with hanging moss.
Bill tying up our dinghy to the dock. We make daily trips to empty trash, do laundry or go exploring on land.
It was tough to find space for our bikes. They certainly came in handy to explore the area.
Many of the friends we met were leaving Vero to go to the Bahamas. Since I need to go back to work in February (due to the economy, I need to put on my tap shoes and go out to sell), we have postponed our trip to the Bahamas. However, we figured we did have enough time to go down to the Keys. So we set off on the next leg of our journey on January 3. See the next blog entry for details.
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