Looks like this will be our final day in Vero as we start our final leg back home. If all goes as planned, including a timely passage under the Port Mayaca bridge and lake crossing, we should be back in our slip on Saturday. As we have done before, the dinghy is up on the deck and the boat is ready to go. Tomorrow is abougt a seven-hour run. The forecast is favorable and we hope to motorsail the Indian River and then the St. Lucie River.

We have decided Vero Beach is one of our favorite spots on the East Coast. The marina and its mooring ball field is well protected from heavy winds. There are a total of 57 balls and during the height of the season, there may be two or three boats rafted up on one ball. Hard to picture that. The marina is located in a residential area and some of the homes are quite beautiful, with streets lines with live oak trees providing a canopy over the street. The beach is within walking distance or the bus goes there every hour. On the other hand, you can take the bus in the other direction to the mall, grocery stores, and other services. We don't know if we'll come back to the East Coast, but, if we do, we will come here.