Indian River City - as short a stay as possible

We're on our "2 minute" walk to 'New York, NY' - a local fish and chips restaurant just down the road. Unfortunately it was a 2 minute car ride - we walked it in the rain - Cory was brown by the time we returned. This is a local short cut - I'm sure there are bodies in the woods - if the gators haven't eaten them yet. Good thing Cory is so protective of us.

This is 'NewYork, NY' where we picked up lunch - it is directly across the street from the Juvenile Correctional Center - which to be truthful, reminded me a lot of Boy Scout Camp with a chain link fence 20 feet high.

There's the camp. We're outa here!

Linda here- today (Monday) we had a LONG ride from Ft. Pierce to Titusville- about 80 miles. It was chilly & cloudy- but the rain held off until the last 20-30 minutes. We are staying at Kennedy Point Yacht Club & Marina. It looked SO good on the internet! Actually, we are just glad to be safe & secure and warm & dry & out of the wind! We passed a boat from Lyme, CT today & talked briefly on the VHF. We saw (in the distance) Cape Canaveral/Kennedy (whatever they call it nowadays!) where the shuttles are launched. We also saw HUNDREDS of mansions - making Fenwick look small- tons of them lining the ICW. Who ARE these people?!? And are they really happy?!
We always follow the “Slow- Manatee Zone” signs- we went under a bridge, thought we were out of the slow zone, and started to come up on plane. Someone came over the radio- “Northbound cruiser- it’s a no wake zone for construction”.(We saw no construction.) Since we did not see the usual “Resume Normal Safe Speed” sign, Ken wondered when we could go fast again. Ken asked on the radio “How long is the no wake zone for?” The guy answered, “About 2 months!”It gave us a good laugh!
It was also pretty funny when we were out walking the dog down a secluded road, when an osprey started circling overhead- he REALLY was checking Cory out for dinner! Then he tried to dive bomb us & left. We have to watch for gators AND birds of prey!
It sounds like more rain & wind & cold (70’s)for tomorrow, so we may move just 5 miles North- to a nicer marina that has fuel. If it’s pouring & too windy, we’ll have to stay here :( . For one night, it’s nice to be dry and cozy with my man & my dog! Love to all- (more photos ASAP!)- Linda

We had a nice quiet night without heavy rain and woke up this morning to an overcast but warm sky. Since this marina is pretty run down and doesn't have fuel we decided to cast off and continue another 5 miles north to the Titusville Municipal Marina. Linda didn't mention in her writing the chained juvenile detention area just down the street from this marina. The marina has fallen on rough times. When the hurricanes hit they didn't have enough money to fix the marina so they sold it. The new owner then promptly went bankrupt - so there has been no upkeep, maintenance or improvements for 1-2 years. Most of the occupants moved out and only live-aboards who have no other option still remain. There is a lot of construction in the area but no food/comfort things. Showers were out of the question at this marina, too bad they have a wonderful web site.