Last stop before Bahamas

I haven't been able to get onto the internet very much for the past 10 days. And we have covered quite a bit of territory. We spent a couple of wonderful days in St. Augustine. What a sensational place. The historical flavor of all of the buildings is so apparent. It was magnificent. An anchorage for a night, each, in Daytona Beach, Titusville, and Melbourne lead us to Vero Beach. This was an adventure. Vero Beach has a free (donations accepted) bus system. You can ride the bus all day. It'll take you to every store you can think of.(Walmart, Sams, Target, a mall, Home Depot, etc) You can also take it to the Beach. We stocked up on all of those things that we think we're going to need before heading over to the Bahamas. Our niece, Kim Hemphill, drove up from Jensen Beach and had lunch with us one afternoon. She braved the dinghy ride from the dock out to see our boat. It was wonderful to see her. Tomorrow, Dec 5, we will head down to Lake Worth. A couple of days there and hopefully a window of good weather for crossing will bless us and we will head over to the Bahamas. Hooray! I'm surprised we got here so fast. We thought it would take us longer. The weather was good and did not delay us very much. It has gotten up into the 80's in Florida and we are really appreciating it. We love you all and miss you.

Vero Beach