Nov. 19^th

It was a beautiful morning, sunny, mild, with a slight breeze so we decided to leave New Smyrna and continue our odyssey south.

The first few hours passed and we saw these boats off the side of the marked canal. ( It looks like someone forgot to check their seacocks) We then entered a leg of the trip that is probably the most boring as it is almost 20 miles down the Mosquito Lagoon, with nothing but day markers to denote any progress. We then made the turn to Haulover Canal and things became a little more interesting.

As we exited the canal there were a couple of dolphins playing and they surfaced underneath a seagull who took great offence at this underwater disturbance and the dolphins that were taking his fish.

The Titusville swing bridge was next and there was a big pile up of boats as the bridge was held closed for an ambulance. It was amazing that there were no accidents as there were about 6 sailboats and 5 big power boats all in a small area waiting for the bridge. The rest of the trip to the marina here on the canal was uneventful and we even made it through the Christa McAuliffe draw bridge with out having to wait. We took on 165 gallons of diesel and our fuel and water tanks are full.

Tomorrow we will make the trip to Vero Beach (sometimes called Velcro Beach) that is a nice city with a very convenient bus system ( from 8 to 5 excluding a lunch break you can board a bus that will take you anywhere in the city) and a lot of cruisers stop here to re-provision and prepare for the final push south. We will probably be spending some time there also as we need to wait for some mail to catch up and we also need to do some last minute provisioning