Our time at Vero Beach has come to an end! We’ve had a great week on the dock and have enjoyed visiting the area. We explored parts of the city that we didn’t see last time we were here so that’s really good.
We had a chance to visit with Matthew, Margie and Oliver on Friday night and Saturday. It was so good to have them onboard. We did a lovely dinner Friday night and on Saturday we looked around the beach area of Vero Beach. Margie did a bit of shopping and we had a nice lunch out. We returned to the boat in the afternoon and had a nice little dinghy ride around the harbour. Before we knew it, the time came for them to drive back to Orlando. It was a short visit but I’m so happy we got to see them before their return to Australia.
It’s been very cold here for the past 3 days (okay not Ontario cold but crazy cold for us folks on a boat!). We do have an air-conditioner / heater onboard but it’s not working. Sleeping has been fine because we have really good comforters but the morning temperatures have been about 10 degrees in the main cabin. We’ve been using our propane stove top to heat the main cabin each morning. It’s a good thing we have lots of propane onboard! Tonight (Monday) should be the last of the cold nights – here’s hoping the weather guys are right!!
On our last full day in Vero Beach, we rented a car and did our last bit of provisioning. We drove up to Melbourne to shop at the new Costco and also went to a few other stores. Our freezer is so full now that I’m kind of afraid to open it! We also went back down to the beach stores we were at with Matthew and Margie. Mark bought me a lovely glass vase for my birthday that is now wrapped up in bubbly wrap until we get home.
Tomorrow morning (Tuesday) we will be leaving Vero Beach and heading just a few miles south to Fort Pierce. Our plan is to jump out on the ocean early Wednesday morning (around 1am) when the wind will be light and not on our bow to get down to Lake Worth. We are seeing a weather wind on Thursday that will allow us to sail (hopefully) to West End, Grand Bahamas. We’ll clear in to the Bahamas there and then travel north east to the Abacos. Unfortunately we will not have wifi until we reach Marsh Harbour and can get our Aliv wifi device up and running. We will have our inreach device working so will send short messages for the next little while. Hopefully we’ll be wifi accessible by next week!
Crimson Kathryn and her crew 