Moving on South
26 November 2006 | Feber Cove, Fort Pierce, Fla
Jim Lea
Well, we left our nifty anchorage at about 8:00 am, after a breakfast that is beginning to sound like all our meals..."what's left in the refrigerator?". We're trying to empty out all our perishables so that we can be completely re-stocked in Miami for our crossing. And so, every meal from now on will be a "what's left?" type of meal. So for tonight, we finished off the crab cakes from two nights ago (not too bad for leftovers), and tomorrow we will dig into the freezer, where we have a leg of lamb that we will cook. But the veggies may be a bit odd as a match. But we aren't scrimping on the wine!!
The further south we go, the cheaper it gets. And we will stock up on it for the Bahamas, as it is reported to be very expensive there, and they don't have any limitations of the amount a cruiser brings in. We have it on good authority (Bruce MacDonald) that Costco has the cheapest wine in the USA, so we will check it out. But that will happen in Miami, where we will be on the weekend.
For now, we have a few stops that we will use to strike off a few items from our ever-growing list that includes items as varied as electrical wire, toilet paper (marine heads are very sensitive things, and require special paper) and olive oil. Tomorrow we will be in Stuart, home to the east coast store of Latitudes & Attitudes, an odd magazine, but with an interesting inventory.
But for tonight, we are in a very snug cove with 360 degree protection in a rdius of about 250 yards. We are the only anchored boat, although the cove is ringed with homes, each with its own dock. The chart showed a 2' bar, but we checked it out in the dinghy and used our hand-held depth sounder, and found lots of water, so motored in, and had a beautiful evening (drinks and dinner in the cockpit) and will have a nice start in the morning for Stuart.