Day #261 - Cocoa Village, FL
April 18th, 2009We woke to a beautiful sunrise this morning.
The way our slip is situated in the marina we look over the ICW.
ICW looking north from the cockpit
and the Hubert Humphrey bridge
These have been the views from our boat the past four days.
Last evening we met a lovely couple from New Mexico aboard Gypsy Spirit. Their names are Adrienne and David Cohen. They invited us over last evening, but we needed to make use of the rental car and had to decline. Instead, we went over for coffee this morning before they departed for New Smyrna Beach. They are on an aft cabin Carver and have already completed the Loop. We really enjoyed their company and hope we meet up with them again.
After making a quick trip to West Marine we returned the rental car and went back to the boat. Just as we got back Andy realized that the sump pump in the master stateroom had quit. Of course, when we had been at West Marine less than an hour before we didn’t know we needed a new pump. He called them and they indeed had the part. We mapped the store from the marina and it is a little over two miles away, almost 5 miles round trip. So off he set on foot. Fortunately for him, our boat neighbor two boats away offered to drive him. Not only did he truly appreciate the ride, he rode in style…a 1956 Thunderbird convertible.
I wanted to make note that we must be very good rule followers as this sign appears everywhere. To date, we have only see one manatee and that was in Marathon, so clearly we are being very cautious.
