Yes we are still thrilled to be warm and appreciating every second of sun and warm.
It's funny how everyday life just consumes your time, We putzed around this morning doing the mundane chores of life, breakfast, dishes, walking the dog, cleaning the boat, this is living the dream? LOL The beach was supposed to be within walking distance so we set off. Well I guess it depends on your definition of walking distance. Everything being relative. As it turns out it was about 3 miles away which given that I was running 5 miles a day before we set out in October is not that far, just seemed that way as we walked on and on. Ft Pierce has a state park that includes the beach, lovely park very clean and well maintained. We were surprised that they charged pedestrians to get in but if they are funded like most state parks they need the cash. We encountered a tortoise on our way to the water. He/she did not seem the least bit interested in getting to know us so we left it to its business of tortoising and went on our way. The beach turned out to be lovely and popular with surfers. The waves weren't huge but folks were having a fine time surfing them. The park also borders the inlet so we got to see that in the daylight. Wow quite impressive that we were that close to shore when we turned in two nights ago on Light Reach. Maybe it was better we came in the dark ignorance is bliss. I think those breaking waves might have given us pause. Did I mention it was warm temps in the mid 70's were very appreciated we may need to break out the shorts! We walked back stopping at a local establishment by the water for a cool drink, listened to a local duo play and enjoyed a totally tourist moment or two. It was great. We were both in the mood for a good burger so decided to have dinner at the marina restaurant. So why I had fish is still to be explained but the meal was good and with no dishes to wash a treat in itself. Early bedtime is becoming the norm here and today was no exception. The course had been plotted to get us to Hobe Sound to anchor tomorrow. It will take us two days to get to Boynton a distance of 60 statute miles. That's the Captain on the beach.