It's a miracle!

This was a morning shot.

Not much sun.

The sky cleared some at

the time we went by

Jupiter Inlet.

Not much sleep was had last night.  The ESE winds turned a little more south and made for some pitching at anchor.  Thankfully it held, just the wave chop slapping under the swim platform seems like it could jar your teeth out at times.  Therefore we were up early and departed just about as soon as we could see.  One more good bye to "Septembre" on the radio. 
We didn't have to have any bridges opened today so it was smooth motoring.  We even had the tide with us all day!  It's a miracle!  We traveled just over 5 hours to go 35 miles.  We picked up mooring ball number 24 at Sunset Bay Marina in Stuart.  It was one of only two left available.
It didn't take too long and we got the dinghy down as my parents, aunt and cousin just arrived on shore to spend the afternoon with us.  Ray and I ate lunch at Duffy's while the rest of them partook in just some liquid refreshments.  They were still all full from the breakfast they stopped for in Vero Beach at Mrs. Macs Filling Station.  Jealous!  Aunt Lee did have some Gelato at the ice cream/candy shop after our lunch.  Thankfully mom and I got out of there scott free, although there were a bunch of tempting treats.
We spent the rest of the afternoon at one of the tables at Sunset Bay enjoying the sun, breeze and laughter.  Ray brought some ice back to the boat, loaded up our new soft side Yeti cooler from the best boat guest ever, and we drank our own beers.

This colorful fellow got our attention.

Our visitors left around 5:00 p.m.  We were about to take another load of ice to the boat when a boater asked if we could give him a ride to his boat on mooring ball number 29.  We had a pleasant short visit with Jerry.  We asked him for a recommendation to eat besides Duffy's.  He laughed because that's where he had just come from after his business trip to Houston.  After that we went back to shore to walk around town some more.  Duffy's was the happening place but we went with Jerry's other suggestion and had pizza at the Luna Italian Restaurant.
Unfortunately at dinner we got the sad news that our friend Nancy had a stroke today.  Please say a prayer for her, her husband Bob and family.