Starting the Journey Home

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Yes we have made the decision that it is time to come home. Although it probably sounds wonderful to be isolated on a boat in sunny warm weather, it has become somewhat confining.  We have to keep to ourselves - no socializing which is a huge part of the cruiser life! No restaurants, shops....you all know because it is even stricter at home. We never intended to stay in Vero Beach for so long but it became obvious that most of southern Florida was shutting down to boaters. You can still get gas but many marinas are not taking transient visitors. It will take 5-6 days to get back to Green Cove Springs and then we have to wait until the marina can fit us in for a haul out. Everyone is coming back early, so they are jam packed busy.
So what were our days like at Vero? Woke up early cause we were usually in bed right after sunset:


Breakfast on the back patio:

Go to the dingy dock to fill up our water containers and empty them into the water tanks - not every day as our tanks hold 130 gallons.

Go for a walk - the beach was not very crowded - no spring breakers here.

Read most of the afternoon. Cocktail hour - we have to drink up all the beer and wine that we stocked since we will only be able to take a small percentage of it across the border. The main event of the day was dinner. I got bored so I started taking pictures of our meals!

Bangers and mash for St. Patrick’s Day:

Gnocchi with tomato sauce, olives and asparagus:

Pork medallion with corn and fried potatoes:

Thai green curry noodles & broccoli with coconut reduction:

Steak and salad:

Spaghetti. Haha snuck in this cute grandbaby video:


Today we are at Telemar Bay (stopped here on the way down too) and what a difference a few weeks makes - no more paddlers - I guess with the Olympics postponed there is no training here anymore.

As our provisions dwindle, Chef Gunter will get more creative. That’s it for this week.










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