Back in Vero

We got to Vero Beach and secured a slip at the marina.  As soon as we arrived, we did some laundry and had some well needed showers.  With still some afternoon hours left we hopped on the bus to town and found a place for Walter to get a haircut. For a retired military guy going 4 months without a haircut was almost more than he could bare (he was not so sure about putting a pair of scissors in my hands to give him a trim.) He was like a new man after the cut.  Before we took to bus back to the marina, we grabbed a bite to eat at a Peruvian Restaurant.  This place was fantastic, will put it on our list of places to stop at again if we find ourselves in Vero in the future. We stayed 2 nights in Vero to rest up and then headed back up the ICW.  Our next stop was in Titusville where we were able to grab a mooring ball that was located approx. 10 miles from Cape Canaveral.  As luck would have it there was a Space X launch happening that night or morning (whatever) it was at 1am, we headed off to bed early and set an alarm to get up.  Absolutely fantastic sight! The sky lit up on the horizon as the rocket blasted upward, so worth getting up for. 

In the morning we set out again as the sun was rising (never get tired of seeing the sunrise) up the ICW, under the Haulover Canal Bridge through the Mosquito Lagoon (sounds like a move in the Candyland game) headed for Daytona to find a place to anchor for the night.  Mid afternoon we found a spot just next to the Seabreeze/Oakridge Bridge.  There were a few other boats there, one we had passed on the ICW earlier in the day anchored in the same area, he dinghied over for a chat.  Mark had just singled handed his boat Payton Nancy and return from the Bahamas, so of course we all had stories to swap about our time in the islands.

Up at sunrise and on the move again headed for St Augustine.  This was a planned stop, we really enjoy this town and get to go back to our favorite Cuban restaurant, the Columbia.