Maw & Paw

This was our most peaceful night's sleep since we left Sanford.  It was so calm, we did not feel like we had to keep one eye/ear open.  The boat parade has diminished as the faster boats have obviously made it farther ahead.  We did have one sailboat far off in the anchorage with us, but it got away ahead of us.  It ended up being a very uneventful day with the autopilot set almost in a straight line all day.  Our 44 miles of travel landed us near Melbourne Beach to anchor by two o'clock in the afternoon.  That gave us plenty of time to get the dinghy down and meet Linda's parents at the pier.  They drove us for a delicious lunch/dinner in town.  When we drove back to the beach we perused the local grocery store that all the boaters brag about.  After that we ventured to The Bikini Bar, which reminded us of why we were not impressed with it last time.  We thought it was going to be a very early evening by the time we walked back the pier.  We got distracted though by a party we assumed were attending a wedding earlier when we arrived, that were now going to light at least 25 sky lanterns by our count.  We personally knew it was too windy for such an event, so that made for more entertainment.  Of the 25 lanterns we predicted five would launch.  We were close as seven launched, as the rest of them plummeted to the water.  Thankfully there were not burn injuries that we heard of.  That made for an early night back to "The Second Noelle", where we made a bowl of popcorn for a snack before bed.