Before daylight the Sound was glass calm, and the occasional house lights reflecting on the water was gorgeous.
We got underway around 0535, while still dark, to continue north with my brilliant idea to arrive in Vero Beach still early enough in the day to enjoy their transit system into town, and visit Wally-word and West Marine.
The area between Hobe Sound and the St. Lucie Inlet is pretty. In the dawn hours we heard osprey screams and lost track of the nests in the trees along the waterway. The closer we got to St. Lucie inlet, the more houses appeared.
By 0815 we were totally engulfed in rain, and when we got closer to Vero Beach, re-thought the decision to stop and "run around town," which didn't sound nearly as attractive in the pouring rain,
We only met a few boats all day, as most sane people were hunkered down somewhere catching up on naps, or doing boat maintenance. I commented that I suspected most of the boats were either being re-located, folks running for the barn, or folks bound by a schedule. And then there was us...
Houses along Banana River.
We pulled into Manatee Cove Marina at Patrick AFB at 4:15pm. It had quit raining, the temperature was perfect, and for those with military privileges, this place is great!
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