Monday 3/05 off the dock at 8:15.
We have 35 miles and about 13 bridges.
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| A few of the bridges we passed under today |
There is relatively light boat traffic.
We have been finding some discrepancies from
what our guides show for height clearance and what the boards aside the bridges
show for clearance.
When in doubt we ask
and wait for an opening.
The penalty for
being too conservative is a $1,000 fine for the unnecessary raising of a
bridge.
We passed by West Palm Beach
where have visited our friends Pam & Ed many times.
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| Pam and Ed's Atlantic Ocean facing condo building on Singer Island taken from the ICW |
We arrived at the Old Port Cove Marina at
2:15.
It is a beautiful facility with
floating docks; looks like a relatively new and well kept facility.
The staff here is equally friendly and
professional.
Our stay includes a
complimentary bottle of wine, free ice and coffee or soda daily from their
store.
They have a nice fitness room and
there is access to an Olympic distance pool just a couple miles down the
road.
They have a very nice captain's lounge with adjoining office space, very clean bathrooms and a large laundry area with five washers and five dryers. We ran into our Looper buddies Ed
& Sabine of DARAK.
They are gold
Loopers from France and are headed to Ft. Lauderdale to ship their boat back to
Europe.
We last saw them in North Haven,
Michigan.
We BBQ'd some chicken on board
- not bad for a Monday.
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| Old Port Cove Marina street entrance |
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| Observer tucked into her slip |
Tuesday 3/06- visited on board Darak for a beverage and
then enjoyed dinner with Ed & Sabine at the marina restaurant. It was great to catch up with them &
trade stories about our Looper adventures.
They are off for home to France in a few weeks but I think we will cross
paths in the future.
Wednesday 3/07 Alice went home for a few days for some doctor visits and to gather our tax materials.
She just made it into Boston before the heart of the second Nor'easter
in a week hit at home.
Tim and Millie
interspersed exercise and boat chores.
Fortunately we did not get a 'honey do list' so we are free wheelin'
it.
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| Taking a break on our walk |
Thursday 3/08 Got in a nice bike ride over to Singer
Island and did a Publix run as part of the return trip.
Friday 3/09 Beautiful day here. Took Millie for a couple nice walks. Attended to some work matters. Finished up a project of wiping down all the
interior woodwork. It was a bit of a
bear of a project but nice to have it behind me. Alice returned about 5:00 and we had dinner
at the marina bar.
Saturday 3/10 our plan today was to head north by car and
check out Trawlerfest.
It's a bit of a
convention for 'Trawler folks'.
We have
attended them in Riviera Beach and Newport in the past.
They usually offer relevant seminars and have
both new and used boats for sale as well as some different booths for services
and products.
Alice was feeling a bit
under the weather so Tim went solo.
It
was about the same money to Uber vs. rent a car from Enterprise so I
Ubered.
Only ran into one Looper - Mike
of Dashaway.
I have not seen him since
Ft. Meyers so it was fun to catch up with him.
I spent about 2 1/2 hours at the show and enjoyed checking everything
out.
Not too long after I returned it
started to rain.
We hunkered down and
enjoyed dinner on board.
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| Trawlerfest |
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| climbing around boats |
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| Beautiful Nordhaven for sale |
Sunday 3/11 Bike ride over to Singer Island, we
re-provisioned at Publix. On our second
trip out we checked out Doris's Italian Market & Bakery - this place is
amazing. . .its like a smaller version of Eatily.
I was talking to my sister, Maura - mentioned
we were in N. Palm Beach, she replied that her friend Kim's parents Jack and
Carol have a place here. . .several texts later we determined that their boat
is two slips away from Observer and their condo overlooks both boats.
Small world - they stopped by to say Hello
and catch up.
It was great to see them.
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| Jack and Carol Holt's boat berthed two slips down from Observer |
Monday 3/12 We probably would have left today but the
weather wasn't looking that great for traveling by boat - thunderstorms were
forecast. We got a bit done like most
people do on Mondays. I had emailed Pam
who has a place on Singer Island to make sure she knew about Doris's and she
said she was there yesterday. Now that
we know Pam & Ed are down here earlier than expected we made plans to go
out for dinner tonight. Pam & Ed
stopped by our marina and we gave Ed the tour.
We drove down the street to Seasons 52, enjoyed a great meal with
awesome friends!
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