We said our "see you down the waterways" to Joe and Joy as they untied and headed out from Serenity Island yesterday morning.
They were headed for Vero Beach for a short stay and then a longer stay for the holidays to visit family. We'll see them in Marathon in a month or so.
We are continuing south ....
The day of travel yesterday to Ft. Pierce was pleasant enough - sun and clouds. Mostly we had sun but off to the west were clouds - storm clouds. Somehow we managed to dodge them for the entire day!
We anchored just south of the Ft. Pierce inlet - along with a few sailboats and kept a watchful eye on the skies. Somehow we ended up inbetween all of the the storms, rains and tornadoes in the area. There was a short smattering of rain but that was it. There was quite the lightening show north of us. Tried to catch some on film as we sat on the back of the boat just wasn't successful.
The wind really never settled the way it was supposed to (what are weather forecast for???) but overall it was a good night.
And the wonderful sunrise (of course captured by Steve as I slept on :-) ) is always nice to see. I peeked out of my little porthole by the bed and saw something yellow and then promptly turned over and went back to sleep!
We still managed to leave before 8 - with breakfast on the way.
The weather was still cloudy with the sun showing up every once in a while but more windy as the day went on.
The destination for today was Lake Worth - a very nice anchorage that we had yet to try.
But tonight was not going to be the night. Storms were mostly to the west of us but wind predictions were not great. South and then north and then back to south. But it was the white caps as we entered Lake Worth that made us decide to head to a marina for the night.
Turns out it was the right decision. As we sit tied nicely to our dock here at the New Cove Marine Center in Lake Worth, the wind continues to howl and the lightening continues to brighten the skies.
Steve decided on pizza for dinner - always a good choice!
The air conditioner is running - what a change from just a couple of days ago when we had the heat on instead. Guess we might be getting far enough south :-)
Most interesting boat we passed today: the boat of a person who is a sailor at heart but in practicality is a trawler person. The best of both worlds!
A sailboat with an aft cabin over which a pilot house was built. Very interesting ...
Tomorrow will be a long bridge day as the weather is not conducive to going outside. I am going through Active Captain to check the heights and restrictions (like opens only on the hour and half-hour or opens only on the 1/4 and 3/4 hour). So far I am half way through to our destination of Hollywood, FL and have listed 16 bridges. I see a long day in our future ... which means an early leave time ... which means no breakfast out :-(
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