Vero Beach, Fl

 Last day at Vero Beach, we hope!

Walking past the parking area at the marina - love the twisted trees and the Spanish moss everywhere.

I forgot to mention it yesterday, but our grill had a bit of a failure when I used it yesterday.  The little steel plate that diffuses the flame had rusted thru over the summer.  We'd replaced most of the insides of the grill two years ago (it's a Magma brand which is supposed to be all stainless steel and made for use on boats....)  Since we hadn't grilled much at all  over the summer - we didn't notice.  Soooo, if we wanted to grill this winter, we had to do something - and do it today because we would get no more chances.  

To the rescue is fellow Manta owners Scott and Tina on Sangrias.  They live with their boat in the back yard about a mile north of the marina and offered their vehicle for us to go get the grill repair parts.

Fun long dinghy ride up to their place on a little canal off the Intercoastal.

 

 

Had a nice chat dockside with Scott and Tina - caught up a bit on their cruising plans later this winter.  Hope to cross paths with them in the Bahamas.

 

 

We stopped back by the marina and picked up Ed and Cathy for them to do a last grocery run, got all our stuff and were back to return the car in a couple of hours.

Said goodbye to Scott and were off in the dinghy back to the marina.

 Sangrias all decked out with Christmas lights.  Would be cool to have the boat in the back yard.....maybe we can dredge a canal all the way to Pittsboro????

 

Sorry, it was dark by the time I took the photo - but the grill is back in business for another year!   Now we have to catch some fish and lobster.....

The plan is for a 10AM Thursday departure from Vero Beach to points south.  Assuming we get our negative Covid tests, we should be out the Lake Worth inlet sometime Friday.