One hundred feet from our mooring
ball at Vero Beach, a mere 100 feet! The
engine died. Powerless, we were gently
blown into the mangroves. Thankfully,
maybe miraculously, we were not aground. With a little help from the marina
staff, we were towed to the ball and got tied up. We had been looking forward to rafting up
with other boaters. Instead, we were
rafted up with a derelict old boat. I
had to climb aboard in order to tie our lines to it and I almost fell through
the rotten covers on the cockpit lockers.
Yikes! God, please don’t let this
boat sink while we are tied to it!
We had anchored the day before at
Dragon Point in Eau Gallie.
It was a
quiet anchorage and we had our own happy hour while swinging gently on the
hook.
Bruno’s navigation skills were
tested as he charted our course to Vero.
A couple of days after our arrival
at Vero, we were surprised by the arrival of friends Roman and Olha on s/v Moya
Mreeya.. We had met them on last year’s
trip.
Together, we had a great time at
the Thanksgiving pot luck. The C.L.O.D.s
(Cruisers Living On Dirt) of Vero Beach provided ham and turkey and the rest
was provided by the cruisers in the mooring field. One hundred and fifty of us gathered for fun
and food.
A grander feast was never
served. Vero is a nice place. Many restaurants, good shopping, beaches,
happy hour ashore, lots of cruisers. Of
course, when there are 150 boats in the harbor, you can bet that the dinghy
dock will be loaded.
It’s a real
challenge to get in close enough to the dock to get Bruno off the dinghy.
The day after Thanksgiving, we
tackled the dead engine. Out of
fuel! That was easy. Whew!
So again, with Bruno’s navigation, we made it down to Fort Pierce.
We were just in time for the annual Xmas
parade. Beautiful! Horses, kids, ballet troupes, bands,
motorcycles and clowns.
Olha and Roman had learned of a
Byzantine Catholic Church where they sell homemade pierogi, kielbasa, holobchi
and kolach.
The church was beautiful and
the food delicious. We bought enough for
several meals.
Happy hour often brings on a bit of silliness.
Speaking of silliness, we got a new mascot for the boat.
A terrific 25¢ purchase at a thrift store.
2 comments:
Great Photo's guys! The photo of the 3 little angels is very striking. No doubt they were very serious about their project. We think this may just be one of those award winning shots that every photographers spends sometimes a lifetime to capture. Very impressive!
Hi from Megerin. Reading your blog makes me miss our old haunts - Vero, Ft. Pierce, etc. Glad you are still enjoying life on Now or Never. Happy New Year!
Sandy & Ray
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