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| Sunset Bay Marina, Stuart, FL |
We were at the Sunset Bay fuel dock shortly after it opened
at 0700. After adding diesel to the
tanks, we departed about 0740, clearing the Roosevelt bridge which opened for
us after the morning train. We had a
slow, tense passage down the St. Lucie river…markers were few, far between, and
we were pretty well blinded by the early morning sun reflecting off of the
water. We didn’t touch bottom anywhere,
but if there was comfortably deep water, we didn’t pass through it until making
the turn to the south. After that,
markers were closely spaced to try to keep up with frequent changes in the
channel, and we had no difficulty. We
turned north into the Indian River at about 0900, and as we gazed out toward
the St. Lucie inlet from the Atlantic Ocean, recalled that almost 2 years ago
we were passing this very spot, headed seaward and south en route home to
Corpus Christi.
This time, however, we are traveling north up the ICW. We made good time, passing Jensen Beach at 0950, Fort Pierce at 1130, and Vero
Beach at 1300. The homes lining the
waterway north of Vero Beach are unbelievable—I understand why many travelers
to this area take picture after picture of these mansions! At 1645 we passed through Melbourne, and by
1830 we were anchored off Honeymoon Lake just north of the Palm Shores
Bridge. This was a spacious anchorage in
10 feet of water. Unfortunately, enough
clouds were present to obscure any chance of seeing the Perseid meteors.
I'm not sure why this photo got into the travel narrative, except to point out that, in setting life goals, it is never too early to learn a life skill...
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