Our travel from Brunswick has been wonderful! Having the luxury of good weather and being pretty much on our own we were able to take advantage of some of the more picturesque anchorages and travel at our leisure along the ICW. We managed stops at Kingsley Plantation on the southern end of Amelia Island, tucked into the Municipal Marina at St. Augustine and then had a brisk sail down the Halifax River to Daytona Beach. After overnighting in Titusville and Melbourne we managed to pick up a mooring at the Vero Beach Municipal Marina where we visited with other cruising, took advantage of the conveniences of a courtesy bus and local shopping to "top off" our provisioning list and enjoyed Thanksgiving Day with a "potluck" feast with nearly 200 cruisers, many of whom we have known from previous years of sailing.
The following day we departed for West Palm Beach but decided to anchor overnight at Pecks Lake...a small but beautiful location adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean and Hobe Sound. As we went ashore Maggie was able to manage some good exercise along the beach and even "bite" a few waves.
The anchorage in Lake Worth, near West Palm, wasn't as crowded this year and despite a southerly wind that blew right down on us we were able to get ashore, eat some Chinese and visit our favorite spots. Our good friends Al & Maggie Ressa, formerly of Atlanta but now living aboard in this area, came over and visited with us aboard Gypsy Commons.
Following a couple of days we departed for Ft Lauderdale for a scheduled installation of a new diesel generator. We again had the luxury of time so opted to overnight in Lake Santa Barbara, just south of Boca Raton and arrived the next morning at Harbourtown Marina for the repairs.
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