Day 32

Turns out today was less than expected.  As I mentioned in my last post we hoped to take a tour of the Piper Aircraft facility here in Vero Beach.  Rousby contacted them to reserve a spot, and found that they were all booked up.  Not only were they booked up, but they usually have on tour guide giving the tour but today they had three, and all tours were full.  Why you ask?  Good question.  Turns out our timing is impeccable.  There was a group here from England, must be a lot of them, and they filled up the tour and were the reason they added two additional guides.  The person Rousby talked to said that this time of year you really had to book at least two months in advance anyway. Either way we would have been shut out.  Although they did call back and said they could fit us in tomorrow.  Not an option since we are leaving in the morning.  Oh well maybe next time.

As it turns out the highlight of the day was riding the free bus to the shopping center.  We went to Publix and picked up a few odds and ends we were running low on, and then returned back to the boat, had lunch, and relaxed and watched the world go by.  I did do some computer work, taking advantage of the fact that we had access to internet, which we probably won’t have for maybe several days. 

I also got a text from Craig telling me my replacement credit card arrived at his house this morning.  Boy, that was fast.  I really thought it would take four or five days to get there.  Give Capital One credit, they are really on the ball.

 

Tomorrow we are off again, headed for an anchorage on the St. Lucie river called Pendarvis Cove.  It is about a 45 mile run, so we don’t have to leave super early.  Pendarvis Cove is a good staging area for our run the next day which is the day we cross the Okeechobee stopping in Clewiston for the night.  Lots of canal and a big lake to get across in one day.  About a 65 mile run.  There really aren’t many places to stop along the way that aren’t close to where we started, or too far to get to in one day, at least not at our speed.

So boys and girls, Until Tomorrow….