Titusville to Eau Gallie Bridge, Melbourne, FL (anchored)
December 4, 2022
Some days are just uneventful – not much happens and everything is the same. There’s lots of water, some nice sunshine, some dolphins, but nothing to write a blog about.
Today was one of those days until just before we went to bed, when we did see a cool thing.
We do have a plan and a timeline: we want to get to Vero Beach by the 5th so I can do a virtual visit from the marina there. The area is very accessible so John can get to shore and enjoy the area while I am working. We were there in June and loved how close the cafes are as well as the boater community in the marina itself.
The Eau Gallie Bridge anchorage is about halfway between Titusville and Vero, making each leg of the journey about 6 hours. It’s always a plus when we don’t have to leave at the crack of dawn and anchor at sunset!
This is one of the few places that we had to reset the anchor. The anchor chain was a little “sticky” (not a nautical term) when I first dropped it. By the time it was set, we felt that we were a a bit too close to another boat so we pulled it up. We couldn’t get the anchor to set the second time I dropped it, which is weird because the bottom is muddy and grassy (our anchor was coated the first time we pulled it up). Finally, the third time was right and the anchor set hard.
There are a lot of birds here hanging out on the Eau Gallie Bridge. We know this because they are really, really noisy at night. We think that they hang out on the concrete footings under the bridge and maybe the bridge lights keep them chatty.
We decided to get rid of some leftovers from dinner. As John dumped this over the side, he noticed a lot of activity – we had a giant school of catfish who really like cornbread! It’s not a huge thing, but it’s something different.
We’ll head to Vero tomorrow and meet with some of our friends who are in Florida from Delaware.
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