Cocoa to Vero, January 26, 2014

Really enjoyed visiting Cocoa Beach - one of those "gems" of a place you would normally not think of visiting.  The downtown area was very nice and we found a terrific Sangria Bar, that had 2 great jazz musicians playing sax and trumpet!  The Sax player was Tony Wynn and we bought his CD.  The marina at Cocoa Village was excellent.

Today - we sailed........actually motored (wind on our nose most of the way, but very light) almost to Vero Beach.  We pulled off the ICW into a marina named Loggerhead Marina.  Very nice and quiet - one drawback is the closest restaurant is a mile and a half walk, and when we got there it was a Chinese takeaway with a couple of tables.  Still, the food was good!

Saw some excellent scenery today on the ICW......temperatures are warming a bit as we move south.  We had a light rain shower just before docking, but nothing that bothered us.

Indian River Queen - Cocoa Village

 

 

 

 

Oh, I almost forgot!  There was a near mutiny on board today, when Salty decided to take over as Captain....well at least he occupied the Captain's seat and refused to move!

 

Salty's Mutiny Attempt

 

 

Salty also saw his first Dolphin today and has learned a new word "Dolphin"......we have seen literally hundreds so far, but he saw his first when one breached by the side of the boat.  He went nuts and was ready to jump in after it!  Now if you saw "where's the dolphin", he runs laps around the deck looking in the water.  He is doing great and I think he is really enjoying the trip too.

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If you are interested in our current position, go to www.vesselfinder.com and search for Midnight Sun II to find our last reported AIS position.  Soon we will have Satellite tracking - but have electronic problems at the moment.  Hope to have that fixed in the next couple of days