Tuesday, May 7
Got a good start on a beautiful day.  Didn't even have to wipe down the eisenglass.  The day at sea was uneventful.  We saw many more multi-million dollar homes and boats/yachts.  Our traveling speed has slowed somewhat due to many no-wake zones.  It hasn't helped our miles covered, but it certainly has helped our miles per gallon. Gasoline is, by far, the greatest expense on our journey. We like to try and get at least 2+ mpg, and have been pretty successful so far.  We saw our new friends, from GA, during the day, when they whizzed by.  They obviously don't have the same fuel concerns as us.  The stop for the night was in North Palm Beach at the Old Port Cove Marina.  Very nice place with floating docks. Rumor has it that Tiger Woods keeps his yacht there.  We didn't see it and imagine it may be up the coast for the TPC Sawgrass tournament near St. Augustine/Jacksonville this week.  

Old Port Cove Marina

Every once in awhile we run into an undeveloped area (pretty rare, though) and see many ospry nests.  The ospry are usually there and sometimes the whole family is there.  When we saw the first one, we thought for a minute that they might be eagles. But, after closer inspection realized they were ospry.  We've seen them dive for fish in a similar manner to how the brown pelicans hunt.  It really is quite amazing how they dive straight into the water and come up with a fish.  The pelican has the fish in its mouth, the ospry in its claws.

One of many ospry nests. Hard to see, but this one occupied.

Wednesday, May 8
One of the 'goodies' we received in our welcome bag (Joe says Judi sells these bags) was a card for free coffee in the morning.  Tim went up to get me a cup of free coffee, while I was getting around, only to find out that they didn't open until 0800.  Well, we were long gone by then.  It was a nice gesture regardless.  Joe gets the coffee pot ready to go before he goes to bed each night, so we had Joe's good coffee!

Interesting house on a barge.

We had several more bascule bridges to wait for.  This new bridge is being built and Joe and I think it's going to be a short one also. 

Bridge construction.

 There are these little black bugs, with red heads that fly around almost everywhere we go.  Often times they are 'paired up'. Joe calls them 'love bugs'.  Other than being an annoyance (like landing on Joe's hot dog) they don't bite or anything.  On the other hand, there are other bugs, that we can't see that have taken a liking to Tim.  He tries to remember to spray himself with bug spray whenever we are leaving the boat.  Poor guy. 

Love bugs. They are EVERYWHERE!





Fort Pierce Welcome Sign on US Hwy 1
 

We arrived at Harbortown Marina, Fort Pierce in the early afternoon.  Once we were tied up and hooked up Tim and I went up to the pool.  After Tim wrestled with an umbrella for me, we relaxed in the sun/shade for awhile.  We had been needing a few things from the grocery store and the employees said there was a Publix right across the street, so after our dip in the pool, we headed that way. It was about 1/2 mile and there was also a West Marine nearby.  After our shopping, Tim called a taxi to take us back.  Had supper, played Hearts and called it a day.