With the tide against the wind last night we did not get a good night's sleep until after midnight when the tide turned around. It kind of looked like rain in the distance this morning, but we did not get much besides a pretty rainbow which I will post another day via camera/computer. We pulled up anchor just before eight o'clock this morning. It was an uneventful but pretty trip, especially once we got into some of the sanctuary areas. We saw a couple places we might like to anchor on the way back down in the fall.
We traveled 36 miles, including about eight miles out of the way up the Okeechobee Waterway to get on mooring ball number eight in Stuart, Florida. By two o'clock we were checking in at the office and getting directions on where to go. Thankfully Ray decided to go to the grocery store first. He figured we would never make it to the grocery store if we went to play first.
By the time we got a couple bags of ice at the marina on the way back, we had just enough time to dinghy back to the boat before an incredible thunderstorm and downpour came, which is currently still happening. We are thankful to be on a mooring ball as hard as it was and still is blowing and the lightening so close. Not sure how traffic on the US 1 bridge can see as we cannot even see it at times and it is probably less than a quarter of a mile away. Then someone in a dinghy just went by. I guess he needed a shower.
We're hoping the storm passes through eventually so we can still go play. I guess if it doesn't tonight maybe we will just stay another day.
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