Vero Beach - Nov 11 - 15

Vero Beach is another one of those stops where you can get anything done and stay in a holding pattern until the winds are favorable to cross over to the Bahamas. The VB City Marina has all the amenities including incoming mail and affordable moorings making it possible. The deal is that you must be willing to raft with others. Peter moved the Windemere down from Suntex Marina just a couple miles north and picked out the first mooring (#1) as you enter the lagoon that was perfect for good air, boat watching and very close to the dog park and a restaurant. 

Getting to a vet for the Bahamas pet paperwork was the last remaining thing we had to get done. Our first morning, Nina & I headed to the park to ask around about vets and met Margie & Molly. An appointment was made and Molly was good enough to drive us there - one example of the wonderful, helpful people we meet along the way.

VB has a network of 15 bus routes for their county public transit service that is free. We also discovered that a 1 mile dinghy run down and across the ICW to AW Young Park got us a quarter mile from several shopping centers with a Publix, West Marine and many other stores. The time has come to look out a week at the weather and all we see are northerly winds. A hole may open up around the 19th. If so, we’ll make a move down to West Palm. The challenge aside from weather is Nina’s health certificate from the vet is suppose to be dated within 48 hours of entering the country, an impossible requirement coming in by boat. Today will continue to be a weather watch so could be a quick move any time now.