April 10, 2018 - April 16, 2018
Our last two days in Vero Beach were consumed with engine maintenance, laundry, provisioning, and returning the rental car. We, also had to visit Giorgio’s Pizzeria one last time for the best pizza in Vero Beach!
On Thursday morning we dropped our mooring line and said goodbye to Pierre and Michilene (our mooring neighbors) at 7 am. After filling our water tanks at the fuel dock and stocking up on ice we headed north on the ICW. Bob took the first two hour shift while I made coffee and breakfast. Quiche underway is such a treat. It was sunny, but with a chilly wind so we kept our sweatshirts on all day. We traded watches at the helm every two hours which helped us maintain our stamina throughout the day. We travelled 74 miles in 10.45 hours - all the way to Titusville, FL.
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| The sunset on our first night anchoring out. |
Our plan was to make it to St Augustine on Saturday, but calling the municipal marina for a reservation we found out they couldn’t accommodate us until Sunday. We altered our plan and anchored out in Daytona Beach for a night and continued on to Marineland Municipal Marina the next morning. We spent Saturday night there.
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| The beach was wide and the waves big, but too cold and windy for most. |
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| We encountered fishermen and a few sunbathers on our walk on the beach. |
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| Marineland was the first oceanarium in the world, opening in 1938. |
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| This is a picture of an aquarium that was inside the gift shop. |
Marineland is located on A1A which used to be the main highway through south Florida. Marineland was quite popular until the building of I-95 and the advent of Seaworld. It has recently been refurbished and reopened and is the headquarters for local sea mammal rescues as well as a dolphin adventure.
We left our slip mid morning on Sunday and arrived in St. Augustine and were moored in the north mooring field (north of the Bridge of Lions) by noon. Of course, we went to Pizza Time for lunch and walked around a bit just to be off the boat for awhile. A thunderstorm was predicted for the afternoon and it hit with a vengeance at 4:00pm. We were glad to be back on the boat and snuggly tucked into the cabin.
We awoke to a chilly 52 degrees on Monday. After bundling up we went into town for breakfast at the Cuban/American restaurant on Aviles St., La Herencia Cafe. We used Uber to get to the Grocery store and back again. After stowing all the food we would need for the next leg of our journey (5-6 days) we went to lunch at Pizza Time again and bought a large pizza to go so we would have it for lunches while we are underway. Can you tell we really like New York style pizza?
I forgot to mention in my last blogpost that Bob and I have reserved a five month old Maine Coon kitten from a breeder in Pennsylvania. We will pick her up as soon as we get back to Maryland.
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| We have decided to call her Gypsy. |
We will be leaving at first light in the morning, headed north to Fernandina Beach.
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