Florida 2013 Day 01

It took us four days to get to Fort Pierce with a day at Charleston site seeing. It’s an historic town and Sue enjoyed the buggy ride on which we got to meet the mules which were from different teams so took every opportunity to bite each other in an attempt to force dominance.

There is an Arctic blast keeping the temperatures well below seasonal for this time of year but it’s supposed to warm up by the weekend.

It’s good to be back on Renrod in the competent hands of Jeff.

The tide is with us and we are making excellent time even the bridges seem to be working in our favor. There are seven in total most open on request and with very little traffic on such a cold day that meant little delay waiting on other boats to join the parade. Hobe Sound was the first Bascule Bridge just after St. Lucie Inlet. We can always tell when we are getting close to an inlet because the water turns that fabulous turquoise blue color from the regular brown color.

There is little evidence here of the harder times the US is experiencing right now and little sign that Sandy did any damage down here unlike up in New York!

Wildlife abounds and my neck is developing a crick in it trying to catch a glimpse of every bird that flies by or is hidden in the mangroves.

And so, right on schedule we arrived at Old Port Cove marina at 4:30 tied up and went ashore to meet with Jeff’s dad and to buy some under ware for me because I forgot to pack any!

Tomorrow we head for Lake Boca Raton! Fort Lauderdale is just too many bridges away. There are twelve in total en route to Boca Raton and though the trip distance wise should only take about four hours, negotiating all those bridges will add a couple more! Hey we are in no rush the weather is indeed warming up!