COCOA, FLORIDA

                                                 Cute......Quaint.....Friendly

                                         

                                                          VERO BEACH

Staying at the VB city marina tonight. We walked into the "town" to see the sights. Our observations are: beautiful beach, beautiful, old live oak trees, lots of real estate offices, and lots of wealth management companies!

Tonight we are happily docked at the Nettles Island Marina just north of Stuart. It is a quaint little place and a 10 minute walk to the Atlantic. The picture above is the view from our boat. We are on a beloved T Head.....so easy to dock on those :-)) We have pretty views all around.

Whoa, baby....we had our fill of adventure today. We started out heading north again . After a long day of very slow cruising through manatee zones and many bridges where we had to wait on opening times, we headed into our marina for the night on Lake Worth. Did I mention it was raining hard and the wind was blowing HARDER! Well....that brand new stern thruster we put on was no match for the wind and current. After many tries to get into a slip, we headed back out to the T head on the dock. Two guys came to our assistance, and we are finally tied up for the night. Wine at nine may start a bit earlier tonight :-)

We've a couple busy days. Yesterday, we attended the Trawler Fest . It is always fun to board a bunch of different boats, and John enjoyed "hobnobbing" along the way.
Today, we arrived at Sunset Harbour Marina in South Beach. Docked right across from us, just steps away, is a 130' yacht. The owner has it listed for 14 million $$$. Yes, we are not in Kansas anymore. It is a different world here. We walked our buns off and saw the sights. We felt like we were in a European city somewhere.....a very fun interesting day. Tomorrow....super bowl watching on Ocean Dr.

Whew....a long day.....8 hours of mega yachts, many,many bridges to wait to open, many condos and instead of TRAWLER SPEEDS......we did CRAWLER SPEEDS :-(( It is very slow going between Palm Beach and Ft Lauderdale. We are glad to be finally docked at Bahia Mar for 2 nights!

Today we had a leisurely cruise going by the McMansions of Jupiter Island. All I can say is, that even though the rest of Florida has pretty much brown grass.....these palaces have lush, green lawns!
Tonight we are enjoying Old Port Cove Marina in Palm Beach. Pets were quite happy with the slow, uneventful ride today.