After
225 miles from St. Augustine we arrived safe and sound in Stuart.
Day
one was a lot of boat traffic. We passed everyone as they were all
sailboats and they cannot go as fast as we can.
We
traveled for 3 days and 2 nights. Each night we anchored out along
the ICW with our brand new huge anchor. We slept well knowing we were
secure. We have a salt water hose up by the anchor so I can hose down
the the anchor as it comes up. This is a blessing because one night had
an extremely muddy bottom, just outside Daytona.
Matthew
gave Paul a cold up in Ottawa that he fought and got well and I was
lysoling and cleaning my hands for a week before. Well, just before
we left St. Augustine I caught that bad cold. I was not well on the
journey. Oh well, I can't complain as I have not been sick for about
3 years. I realize that cold medication is very inexpensive here. ..
and the brand name Kleenix is 10 times better than a no-name tissue
:-)
We
see dolphins in the water as Ontarians would see squirrels in the
backyard however..... 2 great sightings on our trip. On our second
day a mother and her baby swam along our boat for at least 5 minutes.
The mom was swimming sideways when under the water so her eye can see
us. They came up about 5 times to breathe. This was so awesome! We
have heard stories but no luck. Then the next day a loner dolphin did
the same thing, only for about 2 minutes. Of course getting a picture
would be too difficult.
I spoke to a couple that have come all the way from Campbell River,
Vancouver Island, yep all the way.... which means through the Panama
Canal. Such interesting people here in Stuart. If I see a boat that has a
Canadian flag flying I go over and be friendly. That couple was only
here for 1 night. Their boat was registered on the stern as Victoria,
so of course I went and said hi this morning. Paul and I rented a car
today until 12noon tomorrow.... a Mustang is what we got! A nice
black one but boy we sit pretty low in it. We did groceries and
turkeys are .58cent a pound, wow!! Turkey breast... $1.50lb! We are not doing a turkey this
Thursday but having a nice steak dinner with Dave and Traci Lockhart
of Daruma.... (see their blog link on side). Paul and I entered a
Sam's Club to price batteries for the boat, we believe we will be
heading back and getting a membership as these batteries are the best
and the best price. I can provision at Sam's Club before we leave
too. There is no Costco in this area.
Please see below a sunset from our boat,
afterall we are at Sunset Bay and Marina. Tourists just come to the
marina to look at the sunset.
We thank all the emails and communication. It is nice to know we are so far yet so near to our friends and family. Our U.S. phone number is 910-352-9797. Since buying this "condo on water" we have never traveled so much.