Vero Beach City Marina, Vero Beach, FL (moored)
June 6, 2022
Our friends from SV Wild invited us to join them for lunch at Sailfish, local brewery. When we left Lailia, there were a few clouds – and we have enough experience with Florida summer days to make sure we buttoned up Lailia before we went ashore. It’s a good thing we did because the sky opened up on our way back! At one point, we watched the sheet of rain head our way, hoping that we could find a bit of shelter under a large live oak branch.
The houses in this section of Vero Beach have really great landscaping that shows how great the climate of this area is. We saw a lot of staghorn ferns in giant balls hanging from chains on the palm trees, as well as lilies, hibiscus, and plumeria.
Some folks had orchids planted among the resurrection ferns on their live oak trees. It’s almost like a tame jungle with all of the green there.
The dinghy dock here is at the mouth of a mangrove pond. This afternoon we watched dolphins hunting in the pond; apparently, manatees also frequent this area (it would make my day to see some while we are here).
The rain brought out rabbits and the ibis, too.
After the rain went through, the sun came out…until about the time we went back to the marina so John could do some laundry while I showered. We were smart about this – we buttoned Lailia back up and brought beverages and a book to read.
There’s a small lounge in the marina for boaters, so we sat in there and waited out the storm. The Weather Channel’s tornado warnings were interrupted by the cable provider’s tornado warnings. Fortunately, we were not in the path of that.
John dropped off our propane tank at the marina office today. It should be back at some point tomorrow. If it’s early enough, we will start heading north again – if not, we’ll stay here another day.
Vero Beach is nicknamed “Velcro Beach” by a lot of cruisers and it’s easy to understand: it’s pretty here and it’s really convenient.
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