April 30th- Vero Beach, FL
We are still floating around in Vero Beach Harbor. The problem with social distancing during a pandemic is that it doesn’t leave the narrarator with a lot to write about. We occasionally get together with other boaters (at a distance). We had a nice Easter dinner a few weeks back. We all brought different plates of food. A fun time was had by all.
We’ve enjoyed our time in Florida but it’s time to start the trip North. The temperatures are regularly hitting 90 during the day. Catalpa is a buggy mess. I finally resorted to chemicals in an attempt to reduce some of the crawling critters. The flying critters keep us on our toes in the evening.
Ollie is still getting lots of exercise (us too). His leash walking has improved. We go on long walks in the morning. He’s got another girlfriend. Maggie. They play in the evening when the marina is quiet. Both dogs race around the trees at top speed.
Warm day activities. 
I spent some time working on the genoa repair. I reinforced the machine stitching with some old-time hand stitching. I believe it’s all set for the remainder of our journey.
We’ve had a rental car for several days. Catalpa is fully stocked up. We toured the area around Vero. There are many parks and beaches. Unfortunately they are all closed. Since we haven’t had a car in months, it’s nice to just take a drive around. The local fish market recently reopened. We had some of the best sea scallops (dry) since leaving the New Bedford area. They’re probably from New Bedford. We’ve also had cocktail shrimp for a few days. Mahi or Grouper for dinner tonight.
The plan is to leave on Monday (weather permitting). I don’t think Coronavirus is going to disappear any time soon. We’ll just take precautions and keep to the boat. We’ve got a months worth of food on board, so no problems there. We hired a diver to clean the hull again. I think it will be a nice trip up with warm southerlies pushing us along.
Ollie seems to get in every shot.
Flora.
Fauna.
Veterans island. 
Scenes from the mooring field. 
We see dolphins almost every day. They are difficult to catch on film.