Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Dragon Point N28 08.519’ W80 36.109’ to Vero Beach Fl N27 39.686 W80 22.319’
It was nice to be greeted with temperatures in the mid-40s instead of the lower 30s this morning. The temperature continued to increase throughout the day to the mid-70s and it was a marvelous summer type day.
Raised anchor at 9:00am. This was after coffee and after taking pictures of a bird that decided to land on our secondary anchor on the bowsprit, as we were getting ready to haul up the primary anchor. It was a snakebird known as an anhinga. It’s called a snakebird because after diving and swimming when it comes up to the surface, only it’s head and neck show. Hence people think it’s a snake as it swims through the water. It’s also called a water turkey because when it flies, it looks like a wild turkey with it’s long fanned tail. Anhinga means water turkey in S. America.
After raising anchor and finding another little friend - Wayne picked a little crab off the anchor, set it free and we were on our way again.
My spirits were buoyed so I put some music on and sang along with some nostalgic tunes while playing helmsman. The Righteous Brothers, Peter Paul and Mary, Neil Diamond, Toto, Enya, then a switch to some country – more modern day, then back to the 70s. The only one to hear me was Wayne so no foul! Some boaters looked at me strangely though as I passed them or they passed me. I thought my dancing in place at the helm was pretty spiffy actually! Hmmmm… I wonder if they could hear me belting out the tunes after all. Anyhow it seemed like a perfect summer day, singing and dancing at the helm, cruising through the water. Blue skies, blue water, dolphins, seabirds, strange camouflaged boats…
“Five hundred miles, five hundred miles, you can hearrrrr the whistle blow…” Actually we’re more like 1600 miles from home, but the song doesn’t say that… Then Puff the Magic Dragon came on. That song always makes me cry. Then I started thinking about the dragon at Dragon Point and Puff the Magic Dragon. All magic disappears in the long run. Whether dragons in song, or dragons of stone. Both sad remnants of the past magic that was once felt…
At 3:00pm we pulled into Vero Beach, got our mooring assignment (#42) and had dolphins following by us to our mooring assignment. I tried getting some pictures since they were hanging out but don’t think I got any good ones. It’s hard to steer into a narrow channel, find your mooring, and snap pictures at the same time LOL. It looks like we have a mooring to ourselves tonight. Wow.
We got checked in and had a package waiting for us – Thank you Steph – it was terrific! Tanner sounded sweet on the alto sax with Rob in accompaniment and the cookies weren’t tooooo smashed! The Chemistry shirt was perfect!
We dinghied over to the Riverside Café for one of their wonderful burgers and slaw and then back to the boat. Still no neighbors and it are getting dark and very calm out. The sunset was nice but not one of those spectacular ones. I can hear an owl hooting. It sounds like it’s coming from the mangroves.
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