I almost feel like we have arrived!! Vero Beach today – on a mooring ball with one other boat – an Out Island 41 called Ten Years After from Canada. We only briefly met the couple on board when we arrived. They were on their way to the bus stop but delayed to handle our lines. We will meet them formerly later today.
This place has been called “Velcro Beach” because many cruisers who have weathered many a night anxiously worrying about their anchors holding, enduring bouncy, rolly anchorages feel very secure in here plus there is a free bus service (donations welcomed) that can take you just about anyplace in Vero Beach. Sometimes cruisers decide this is the place to spend the entire winter and don’t go any further south. That and the mooring fee is less than slip rental.
I took Karen on a brief tour of the place to get oriented. Not that I’m an expert – I’ve only been here once before and that was for only one full day!! It was the springtime too and a lot more crowded than it is today. Then there were three boats on every mooring, now only 2 –3 with one on a few moorings.
We plan to stay here through Thanksgiving but if the wanderlust becomes too strong we will move on before but I’m ready for a break. You can here the Velcro grabbing me right now.
Enjoy some pics taken of the mooring field from the boat. We are directly across from the fuel dock and an easy ride to Mega Dinghy dock here. We even have neighbors from New Bern, NC!! I also included one pic of one of the “slum” houses that adjoin the marina grounds here..
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