Manatee Pocket

Our specific location is Manatee Pocket in Port Solerno near Stuart.  It is a small lake-like body of water.  We are fortunate to be side-tied to the dock so we can see everything going by.   Being in this place is finally allowing some of the stress from the last three years to fall away.  Getting up early, lets me see the fishing boats go out, the birds return from their night time roost and the sun come up.

The boats and people are much more diverse here than North Palm Beach.   Lots more boats like Bob.  Although Joe was quite taken with a giant 82′ catamaran named Hayfu II.  We took a few boat rides into the rivers but didn’t get near as much exploring done as we wanted to do.   Natalie, our dinghy,  got a few workouts cruising the bay and canals.  We most definately will come back here.

My birthday celebration couldn’t have been better.  Boats, beaches and bars (I think that’s a Jimmy Buffett song).  We seem to always luck out in finding top notch live music and Sunday night was no exception.  Jason Montero at the Manatee Island Bar & Grill was amazing.  He played electric acoustic guitar and sang for a few hours and then was joined by 2 other guitar players–they rocked and the setting was tropical.

a few fun signs at the bar:

Tomorrow we leave for Fort Pierce.  We have received high reviews of it from the people here….as long as we don’t stray far from beachside!  However, the weather forecast isn’t looking too good so we may be here another day.  We’ll just have to see.  We haven’t had rain since we’ve been in Florida so I guess we’re due.  I have been saving some rainy day projects.  All and all, not a bad problem to have!

Thanks for hanging with us!!!