Finally Page Eight
Mark and I got as far as Jacksonville Beach on Sunday the 7th. We had a very good meal at the marina restaurant, a good night's sleep and an early start. We covered a good 55 miles Monday, and reached St. Augustine. The beautiful Bridge of Lions welcomed us to the city.
St. Augustine's historic district is loaded with interesting shops, bars and restaurants. There's a great waterfront (almost) bar with all kinds of funky decor and a lot of Jimmy Buffett music. We dined at Harry's, a Cajun restaurant with a beautiful patio.
Tuesday, 9 November found us at Daytona Beach, with Titusville the next stop.
Even though we were quite far away from the Vehicle Assembly Building at Cape Canaveral, it was an imposing presence through out the day as we headed for Titusville.
This is sort of turning into a tour of some of the better eateries in Florida. We had a fantastic and inexpensive meal at Dixie Crossroads, undoubtedly one of the most popular restaurants in all of Florida.
We left Titusville on Thursday, the 11th, headed for Melbourne about 40 miles away.
Here's Mark enjoying being on the boat in Florida and staying warm.
Betweeen Melbourne and Vero Beach on Friday, we passed Sebastian Inlet, where a lot of hurricane damage was still in evidence.
Friday 12 November, we traveled almost 40 miles to Vero Beach and picked up a mooriing.
The marina and mooring field is operated by the city of Vero Beach and it is well-run. The moorings are capable of holding two or three boats each, and the shore side facilities are spotless. The best part is the cost of only $10.00 a night.
As it turned out, we were moored near Rhapsody, whom we had first met way back at Barefoot Landing in North Myrtle beach.
We moved to a slip on Saturday, since it was crew change time again. My friend, captain Mark Heigh was flying home to Columbus and my Fort Lauderdale friend, captain Sandy Hallock was coming up for the final leg to the New River in Fort Lauderdale.
Sunday 14 November Sandy and I left for Pirate's Cove at the St. Lucie Inlet, some 40 miles distant. Somehow we managed to pick up a stowaway on the prop shaft on our way up the channel to the marina.
This piece of polypropolene was removed from the shaft by a diver from Pirate's Cove Marina. It might have bent the prop shaft, so when I return to Ft. Lauderdale, I'll have the boat pulled and checked out.
Sandy and I really covered some ground on Tuesday 16 november. We made it from Jonathan's Landing at Jupiter, mile 1006, all the way to Sand's Harbor in Pompano at mile 1056. This left us only 10 miles to travel on Wednesday.
And, for my friends Melissa and Pam, artistic directors of the folk group, Zivili, here's a boat I saw at Sand's Harbor.
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One last view of the devastation wrought by the hurricanes...
Here are several views of Ft. Lauderdale from the waterway perspective.
As we passed under the Las Olas Bridge, we marveled at the murals placed solely for boater's enjoyment.
Glisse is finally tied up in her new Florida slip on the afternoon of the 17th of November.
I could think of no better way to close than
with this rainbow that graced our presence along the waterway...
To be continued....
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