We’re getting settled into our routine and defining the new lifestyle in Florida.
There are good day boat trips available near Port St. Lucie. On Saturday, the 7th, we traveled 10 miles north on the ICW in Apolonia and picked up Jan and Tom (Jan is my cousin) at their home (with dock) in Vero Beach. They brought lunch and we found a good day anchorage at Wabasso to anchor and have lunch. After lunch we continued north to Sebastian Inlet and Captain Hiram’s Resort. Pretty trip! On the way back we passed a boat in trouble … it was out of gas. In trying to help … he had drifted into shallow water … we touched bottom and later that day determined we had bent a prop which had to be reworked the following week. That’s boating. A smaller boat with an outboard came by and pulled the distressed boat into a local marina. The only “ouch” of the day was when the distressed boat later passed us going south with high speed and a wave. He had gas now and we had a bent prop!
Later in the month we moved Apolonia to her new permanent slip, a floating slip at Ft Pierce City Marina. We love the area. It is close to the revitalized Ft Pierce downtown area with restaurants and a playhouse theater. Lots to do.
In the pictures below you see Jan on the Apolonia, Apolonia in her new slip, as well as a couple pictures of the Tiki bar restaurant very near our new slip.
This month we also moved Paget to the marina at Ballantrae where we live. We are renting a slip with a lift for Paget for the very inexpensive price of $250 per month. What a deal and it is close to the Villa. We’ll decide soon whether we are keeping Paget or if we’ll get by with just the new Apolonia.
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