Days 73-77 Ft. Lauderdale to Cape Canaveral

We left Ft. Lauderdale on Monday morning and went to Palm Beach and stayed at the Palm Beach City Marina.  The smallest slip available was 50 feet and we were parked next to a 100 ft. yacht called Sea Filly.  Our boat was the smallest in this marina.  We decided to bike ride around the area and discovered Worth Ave. which is the Rodeo Drive of Palm Beach.  As I mentioned previously, it's the off season and most of the locals are gone for the summer.  All the shops had closed at 4:00 and even if they were open, there's no way I would have gone into one.  Mike and I know the country is in a recession but we have come to the conclusion that anyone who has money is in this part of the country.  It's amazing!

We left Palm Beach the next morning and stopped overnight at an anchorage area near Jensen Beach.  This wasn't very protected and we bounced around a bit overnight.  We left early and had a short day to Vero Beach where we tied up to a mooring ball at the Vero Beach City Marina.  This is a very well protected, deep water marina right off the ICW.  We explored by dinghy and then walked about 1 1/2 miles to the beach and had a nice lunch/early dinner at Waldos which is on the beach by the Driftwood Hotel.  This hotel is located right next door to the Casa De Esta which is owned by Gloria Estefan.

Today was a long day as we left early and arrived here at the Harbortown Canaveral Marina off the Canaveral Barge Canal on Merritt Island.  It's a little isolated and out of the way but we're renting a car on Sunday and driving to Orlando where we're meeting up with our daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter for a few days at Disney World.  Even though it's been rather hot here in Florida, we've been blessed with good cruising weather.  Sure hope it continues.