Lat 26 06 65; 80 08 77; Fuel 138 gal; eng 706.30
Left Loblolly this morning at around 10 after the pump out man came by. Little room to back up into the channel so it took a bit of effort to swing the boat so we could leave. Right now I am working on now using the bow thrusters when I go into and out of a slip, so it takes a little more work specially in tight places.
More traffic on the waterway this morning as it is the weekend - more Yahoos screaming up and down. Ran across a couple of go slow zones because of manatees but have yet to see one along this stretch. All the bridges are very high so we did not have to wait for any to open. Interesting to see the effect of the current on the speed of the boat. As we approach an inlet the boat speed picks up to around 8.5 knts while the engine RPM are rather low - about 1250. After the inlet, maintaining the same RPM's the boat speed drops to around 6 knts.
This area along the appears to be older and perhaps not as wealthy as that on Jupiter Island. We decided to pull into Vero Beach City Marina for the night and then decided to stay two nights - need to look at the charts to determine possible places to stay further north. Besides it is a nice place. Went for a long walk across the island and saw the Atlantic Ocean. Had dinner at a good restaurant - delicious fish and chips except that I substituted the chips with onion rings.
After several months of no bugs, we are now starting to see more noseeums and flies. Brenda has losts of bits, I have none. It's good to have someone on board that are attractive to those noseeums.
Haven't seen any Loopers recently.
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