Titusville to Eau Gallie, FL
Today: 38 miles 5.5 hours ICW ST Mile: 915
Total: 1154 miles 165.3 hours
As I backed away from the mooring ball, I could not see it. Somehow it was on our port side along side of the cockpit. That has never happened before. Thankfully, it wasn't a problem.
The clouds were heavy and it rained heavily, too. As we were approaching the entrance to Eau Gallie river, the rains had stopped and we spotted some blue between the clouds. Once anchored, the clouds began to thin out.
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About an hour before sundown, fish began agitating the water in spots and fish were beginning their evasive measures by jumping out of the water. Pete's interest was peaked and out came his fishing gear. It took about 30 minutes, but he had a bite on this hook. It was a decent size fish from the fight Pete had and the bend on his rod. Unfortunately, the fish got away with his lure. After that the fish were no longer in our area.
Pete went back to reading whole I photographed the sunset.
After dinner we read and called it an early night since we were on anchor. We had hoped to see the rocket launch at 9:57 pm. The skies were clear and the stars bright. Unfortunately, it was moved to tomorrow. Besides, we are 38 miles away and it wouldn't be as spectacular as being there.
Monday, 11/23/20 ~
Eau Gallie to Ft. Pierce, FL
Today: 52 miles 8.4 hours ICW ST Mile: 966.5
Total: 1206 miles 173.7 hours
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| Arguments this AM |
We were up and out by 8. Skies once again were heavily overcast, but the rains never materialized. They slowly cleared and the winds increased from the NNW from 0 when we left, to 20-25 with gusts up to 35. We are still in disbelief...we had the current the entire way! We passed San Sabastian Inlet just as the flow began. We spent most of the day cruising in the high 7's and 8's. I even saw 9.2 mph as we came through Vero Beach.
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| Dramatic change of current |
Heading into the marina the winds & current made us crab through the channel. The bow had to be 30 degrees or more right of center of the channel. Then we experienced the whirlpooling behind the artificial islands created to aid flow through the marina.
Our assigned dock has a very short finger pier. Pete had explained the need to have access to get the dog off the boat as well as access to the dinghy for fishing. The dock master was able to place us on the floating dock same as last year. Next to the ramp, close to the bathrooms, parking and an easy walk for Bailey to get to grass. The the current and the winds, Pete had a challenge getting into our slip, even though we waited about 90 minutes for the current and winds to lessened. It was very helpful to have 2 extra hands on deck to fend off as we docked. It was also wise to have the extra fenders we bought last year while we were docked here all hanging from the rail as we docked. Not as pretty a docking as usual, but no harm, no foul, no damage and no video at 11!
Today was our last day of water travel. We are docked at the Fort Pierce City Marina, which will be our home for the next 6 months. We look forward to the Saturday, Farmer's Markets, lots of restaurants, small shops, and the holiday events around the Treasure Coast.
Tuesday, 11/24/20 ~
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| Proof - Beauty is in the eye of the beholder! |
Pete has only a conference call to prep for and meet with, so he was done for the day around 11. I walked the 1 1/3 mile to Enterprise to pick up our rental. It was a good way to get my exercise in. Once back, we headed up to Kay and Frank's to pick up our car. Since it was close to our mailbox service, we also stopped by there to pick up the mail. We picked up dinner, returned to feed and walk Bailey by 8.
Hopefully we will have a while before we have another long drive. It is good to be stationary for a while.
Wednesday, 11/25/20 ~
After some straightening up I headed to do the 3 loads of laundry. The marina only has two washers and 2 driers at the top of our dock. but being so close to the machines, I was able to set my timer on the phone and return to the boat to continue chores.
Pete went to pick up the things I need to make for Thanksgiving with Ann and Howie.
After lunch, I prepped the Winter salad, which included red seedless grapes. Since ours somehow had seeds even though they were marked seedless, I halved them and removed the seeds. I also needed to adlib the Apple, Cinnamon and Cranberry Cheese, which the recipe calls for but, is no longer made. I finely chopped the apples and cranberries and mixed it with Feta Cheese then added the cinnamon. Tomorrow I will mix the Spring salad greens, Pecans, grapes and cheese mix with a home made Maple Vinaigrette dressing. It is different and very tasty. For dessert, I baked an Apple Cheese Torte. Boy are we looking forward to dinner tomorrow!
We just chilled after dinner.
Thursday, 11/26/20 ~ Thanksgiving
For breakfast I made French toast. Pete wondered why such a special treat. When I explained that we had no yogurt, OJ, bagels, and such for breakfast this was my only option. I forgot to include on yesterday's list.
We had about a 90 minute drive down to Ann and Howie's. I gathered all I needed to bring and packed it into the cooler for the ride.
Since Ann was working around Tanya's work schedule, we would be eating around 1:30. When I went to assemble the salad, Pete was telling them how I needed to remove all the seeds from grapes. That is when I realized I forgot to pack them for the trip! Thankfully, they had some. WHEW!
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was on the TV when we arrived. Like so many thing during the Covid Crises, it, too, was modified; NO crowds (police barricaded all access) and the parade was
1 BLOCK instead of 2.5 miles long. The excerpts from the Broadway musicals were prerecorded a few days previously. There were only NYC bands performed in front of Macy's for the TV crew. Groups from other NYC specialty parades participated. The floats still had the contemporary singers who sang pre-recorded songs, and the character balloons were pulled by vehicles not employees of Macy's. The energy and excitement were definitely missing!
Though it was a different kind of Thanksgiving, we are still thankful for our family, friends, health and happiness. We wish the same to you.
Friday, 11/27/20 ~
I was finally able to work on the photos from the past 3 weeks. I took more than I though so I wasn't able to finish them today. Pete did a few chores around the boat, then relaxed and read.
Saturday, 11/28/20 ~
I was able to finish the photos and start updating the blog. I have been better at keeping up with daily notes on my phone. At the end of the week, I email them to me, then copy and paste into the blog. Of course, I need to review it and make whatever changes are needed, but it definitely works for me. It will still take a day or two more to inset the photos.
Pete had some errands to run so he also included a stop at the car wash.
It was a quiet, but very productive day.
~ ~~ /) ~ ~ K & P
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