Fort Pierce and Florida’s East Coast

 We spent one night in Fort Pierce and headed to Vero Beach.  We picked up a mooring with Sheet Music. They share mooring balls there which is a bit strange to me, but fun.  A sailboat coming the other direction kept altering course until we were almost on the ground, and then he started yelling at us because he was a sailboat and we were motoring.  Welcome back to the US, the guy did not have a clue what the rules are, but he was determined to get into a near collision to make his day.  I guess it is intercostal rage, new to me. 

The next day we went to the south tip of Merit Island where we managed to get to a Publix to do some shopping.  It was an experience.  The store was huge, with every bit of food you could possibly imagine, yet the shoppers crowded and pushed like they were about to starve to death.  After about 10 minutes both Mike and I decided we needed to leave even though we were not done with all of our shopping.  It is going to take a while to get used to the US again.

We pushed on to New Smyrna, a long day past Cape Canaveral in the ditch.  We ordered pizza for delivery to the boat, and prepared for the next day.  We sailed outside from the Ponce to St. Augustine. Sheet Music went on the inside.  It was a great day of sailing for us, averaging about 8 knots all day.  St Augustine is a very beautiful town, rich with history. 

Our boat off the fort

We had a mooring right between the Bridge of Lions and the fort.  Sheet Music got in a little later than we did and picked up a ball next to us.  After a few days of touring around, and a birthday outing at a Chinese restaurant (Michael’s 14^th), we said our good byes, and they set sail for their home port on the Chesapeake Bay.  It was an emotional moment for all of us.

Touching the moon rock

We rented a car and headed Cape Canaveral and on to Disney World.  The girls could hardly contain their excitement as they touched an actual moon rock.

Disney was very exciting for me, because it is my last trip.  If god does not like me when I get to the pearly gates, he will send me to Disney World.  I will be waiting in line for “It’s a small world” for eternity.  That being said, the girls had a great visit.

A line at Disney

I beat my best friend Steve who came to visit in mini golf, earning the first money I have since the trip began.

Another sunset, they are all pretty