To the east coast...

Once again, we needed to leave Clewiston by 6:30AM to pass through the remainder of the state going at our new slower speed of 8 knots.  One of the few good things about departing that early in the morning was the unbelievable sunrise we took a moment to enjoy. 

One of the benefits of going slow besides saving fuel is being able to prepare and eat a full breakfast.  Then we were able to wash the Clewiston bugs off the boat while underway.

Once we reached the other side (east side) of the lake, we finally saw the green algae issue that has been all over the news.  It wasn’t as bad as we expected, but it was extremely visible after we passed through the lock that was adjacent to the lake.

We reached our destination on the east coast of FL about 2PM.  We stayed in a marina that was located on the Club Med property in Stuart that wasn't all that was advertised.  Essentially, we were on a south facing cement fixed dock that we were pushed up again until after midnight, because of the strong afternoon winds.  To get on and off the boat was a mission for everyone with short legs (kids and Lori). This location wasn’t picture worthy.

The next morning we moved on to our next stop, Vero Beach.  We stayed in the Vero Beach City marina.  It was a nice marina with great public transportation right at the end of our dock that took us to the beach for an afternoon swim.  The Altantic Ocean was warm and beautiful.  We played in the ocean break for a couple of hours and headed back to the boats for our evening sunset cocktails.

The kids played on the playground.

As the evening came to a close, we attempted to take an aerial shot of our 2 boats in the marina.  Below is the last picture taken of Russ’s drone,  before it malfunctioned about 2 minutes later and skipped off the dock into the marina. DOH!!!  

On Saturday, Dan’s parents are driving Ian and Zoe (my nephew and niece) up to Vero Beach after flying in from CA.  They are set to finish out the rest of the trip with us.