We finally unstuck ourselves from Vero Beach. I can see how people spend the season there as it is convenient, comfortable, and very friendly.
We had a quiet, kind of boring day to Jensen Beach where we anchored by a bridge for the night. I am not complaining about the boring as that is one of my goals when boating. Exciting days tend to go over the edge into scary too fast for my taste!
After Jensen Beach we headed for Lake Worth through scattered showers. On the way past a wide spot in the ICW called Peck Lake we had a call on the radio from a boat we had met at Vero Beach, they had been hanging out there for 3 days and walking over to the beach. We may head back and try out this anchorage if we have to wait for too long for a weather window instead of spending the time in Lake Worth where it is very crowded and surrounded by high rises.
We did a pretty good job timing the bridges - we only missed one because we were too slow. We pulled up to the last bridge before the Lake Worth anchorage right on time to hear the bridge tender say they had electrical problems and could not open the bridge for at least a half an hour. We were a little worried that they would not be able to open it at all as we would have had to back track for about 4 hours to get to an anchorage and it was already 2:15 in the afternoon. Travelling on the ICW in the dark is not the best idea in the world. Luckily they were able to open one side of the bridge so we were able to get through.
Tuesday night we went out a an all you can eat Chinese buffet with Scott and Kitty. I usually can't eat enough at these sorts of things to make it worth while, but I think I did this time. I was full before going for dessert, but could not pass up the ice cream.
Our plan is to cross over to the Bahamas as soon as there is a weather window. Unfortunately, the windows seem to be closed. We probably will not be able to leave until next week.
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