Vero Beach, FL

We left Cocoa this morning at 9:15 am and arrived Vero Beach City Marina at 5:00 pm, traveling 55 miles.  It was a beautiful day...no rain....warm.....and windy.  The ICW follows the Indian River here and it is very wide until just before Vero Beach, where numerous unnamed islands lie along the way.  There are homes, towns, and wildlife preserves.  It is a beautiful stretch of waterway.

There were two interesting things that happened today.  First, we came across something we have only seen at the last Boat Show in Annapolis.  I don't know what it is called...water jets?  I believe it would take some skill to do this, but this woman seemed to be having a good time.  Here's a picture:

Second, I finally got pictures of dolphin!!!  We have seen numerous dolphin every day since way back in North Carolina a month ago, but I was never fast enough to get pictures before they went underwater.  Today, just north of Vero Beach, two dolphin came alongside our boat and swam with us.  I grabbed the camera and went out onto the deck and was surprised to see them so close, within inches of our port side, swimming at the same speed we were going.  Still, they were hard to photograph, but here they are:

Not as exciting as the dolphins, but here are some shots of the beautiful scenery along the way, again just north of Vero Beach:

 This could be a Bald Eagle's nest.....

 Big, beautiful homes just north of Vero Beach, FL

 And, finally, sunset as seen from our tie-up on the dock at Vero Beach City Marina: