January 14th – Vero Beach FL 

According to my calendar we arrived to the Velcro on November 26th of last year! We’ve been here for a month and a half. Time flies. 

On the Florida intracoastal.

Dolphins playing.

While here we went on a road trip across the state. We celebrated both Thanksgiving and Christmas at the marina. For both holidays we had a boaters pot luck dinner. Both events were well attended and we had enough food to feed an army.

While we were away another boater snapped this rainbow shot with Evergreen in the middle. We are rafted to another vessel. Where is that pot of gold?

We’ve been rafted with several vessels while here. All have been good people out seeking a cruising adventure. 

We’ve been trying to watch the budget so have been avoiding going out to eat much. We did hit El Sids for tacos a few times. I’ll have to get my Ruben from Casey’s when we come back this way in a few months. 

Which brings me to…. We’re ready to go. For the past few days we’ve been getting Evergreen ready for the Bahamas. Tomorrow we’ll head south. If all looks good, we’ll cross the Gulf Stream around Thursday/ Friday. We’ll make a stop at Great Sale Cay to rest up. Eventually we’ll get down to Green Turtle Cay to check in with the customs office. Then, who knows? We’re on vacation.

That’s the “plan”. The crossing the Gulf Stream part is a little uncertain according to the weather profits. We’ll need to keep an eye on wind and waves before crossing. 

Evergreen moored at Vero Beach.