Wednesday 20th April
Stayed another day at anchor in Lake Worth
Thursday 21st April
Anchors up and motor up the ICW and through the pesky bridges that only open at certain times - mostly wrong for sailboats and their leisurely pace.
We anchored for the night in Peck Lake as we have several times before. But this time we took the dinghy ashore to the barrier island and spent some time on the ocean side.
There's a beautiful beach and the water was wonderful. One last ocean swim on our cruise.
Friday 22nd April
Anchors up and onwards past Stuart - almost a disaster as I nearly steered us through the wrong span of a bridge - well you're allowed one stupid thing on your birthday.
We didn't get to the St Lucie Lock on time for the 1 pm opening but we did get through an hour later when a government boat came the other way. Our dock reservation wasn't until the next day so we anchored for the night just west of the lock.
Saturday 23rd April
Onwards to Indiantown Marina and the end of our trip.
Uncovered the RV and drove it out of storage. Just to make sure there was no bugs living in it I set off a 'bug bomb'. Turns out it didn't kill everything.
To belatedly celebrate my birthday we went to Dee Stefano's with John and Rejeanne and the coconut encrusted grouper with mangoes and chilies was divine.
Sunday 24th April
Started the miserable task of moving stuff from one living space to another and our first night of air-conditioned sleep in the RV
Monday 25th April
Down with one sail and more stuff moved from the boat to the RV. We were supposed to have the boat hauled the next day but working in the sun and the unusually high heat slows down the process by a factor of two.
Tuesday 26th April
Dinghy on deck and finalised getting the boat ready for hauling. We took pity on John and Rejeanne and they came to sleep in the RV.
Wednesday 27th April
The old gal gets hauled and her bottom washed.
Bilbo hauled too, so to celebrate we had supper at Dee Stefano's one last time - should have had that coconut grouper again.
Thursday 28th April
John and Rejeanne left for points north and we carried on getting things off the boat and getting the RV ready for travel.
Friday 29th April
More boat preparation
Saturday 30th April
Getting close to finishing
Sunday 1st May
Getting really, really close
Monday 2nd May
Boat ready to be left and RV ready to roll.
