Well it is still debatable as to whether we are fools or not. We got up at 7am, which in itself is a joke since you haven't been able to drag me out of bed before 8:30 lately, it is just so nice to be able to veg in the morning, just kind of floating awake....but we were at the dock when they opened at 8am ready to pump out, pay and get on our way.
It was pretty windy on the ICW today. Northwest winds that were 15-18 mph. I guess if you're low to the ground that is not too bad but we sit at about 14 ' off the water on the bridge and our isinglass windows are in pretty bad shape so to see well we leave them open. It can get very BREEZY especially following a day of rain and a drop in temperatures. Today, Gary had on shorts when we started (very optimistic) and flannel lined wind pants within an hour. I had on capris, a sweatshirt, and my foul weather coat with hood. I began to feel pretty foolish when other boats passed us going south and the girls were in bathing suits. Who IS the crazy one here. They must all be vacationing from Alaska!
It was an uneventful trip, no diversions whatsoever. The waterway from Vero was quite wide and the channel is in the middle, so to see much you have to look through the binoculars. I kept busy with crosswords, and getting things from the cabin. It was oh yeah, we forgot this, go get it, leave sunglasses in cabin, go back to get them, oh yeah we need this, take coat off in cabin, leave coat in cabin...go get it ...yada yada.... up and down...maybe I should do an exercise tape for boaters....
We are by a bridge again, quite a few of the listed anchorages are by bridges..........and remember the train? Well it's been following us up the coast. No kidding, it has been my white noise every night. Sleep to the lull of bridges and trains....we may have something going here.
We noticed that at least 3 of the boats that were in Vero last night are here tonight. We travelled 54 miles in 8 hours today, going between 6.5 to 7 mph, again alternating engines. We are just flowing along with the sailboats and letting the gas hogs pass us. Smelling the roses every day!!
This can be taken two ways...Trawler Trash...or
prepared for anything!!
Sentinel of the ICW
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Gary and his "anchor strategy" |
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