Vero

It's hard to believe it's already time to leave - time is just flying by. Made great time on our trip down from Cocoa - we were in our Vero slip by 2p and made the 55 mile trip in almost 6 hours to the minute. On this leg, you really started to feel like you were somewhere different. The water turned a little greener, the houses got a lot bigger! There is some serious coin in this part of the state. The waterway was uneventful - just the way we like it with the exception of some dredging that was going on just north of Vero. Between the large pieces of equipment and all of the markers in the water - it was very confusing where you were supposed to go vs where you were NOT supposed to go.

Again we were treated with a dolphin escort - 3 of them this time playing in our wake. They are like giant kids and always with a smile on their faces. I'm sure that by the time this trip is done, you all will be tired of the trillion dolphin videos that we end up sharing, so you can skip the video if you like.
We ended up taking the bikes out for a spin today.  We are going to do that a lot more.  Good exercise, and a great way to see the local area.  There are some great neighborhoods in and around this marina.  As we were headed back, we stumbled upon one of the best parks that I've ever seen.  There were multiple walking trails, bike trails, a fitness trail with over a dozen basic workout activities to do along a mile long trail.
In addition to an art museum on site, there was a beautiful veterans memorial. The island was built with the surplus dredging material from the ICW, an effort that started in the mid 1960's.  What an impressive place, very tastefully done and was truly a "moving" experience.

Tomorrow's run will be just over 60 miles and several no wake zones, so it feels like it will be a long day on the water.  The captain has informed me that we will be up and underway by 7a - work! work! work!  Link to Pix for mobile users