Fort pierce to Melbourne to Titusville
In our last post I mentioned that John was working on our toilet…..he did this on Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday so we called to have a new bellows sent to Titusville Marina. It makes me appreciate the simple things in life!
We stayed at Fort Pierce Marina and enjoyed the view and the fish!
We appreciated the businesses near this Marina and the close walk to Ace Hardware. We stayed here two days to “fix” things but realized that as the toilet got worse we needed to order a part. Isn’t it such a relief that deliveries now take 2 days instead of 2 weeks? We had it sent to Titusville City Marina with a delivery date of Friday 4-26.
I love seeing the sheepshead so close in the Marina. They have teeth that look like baby human teeth. We used to catch them under the DESTIN bridge with oysters and fiddler crabs. It is really hard to keep an oyster on the hook but so exciting to see the sheepshead take the bait. Back then not many people ate these fish as they considered them trash fish but I loved to fry them with my special batter. These days you can find them in restaurants and they are delicious if you cut out the blood line.
I visited a Manatee museum close to the marina that was more of a marine education center for children. They do not keep any manatees but occasionally a manatee will visit the harbor water behind the museum. We took our family, for several years in February, to the Crystal River-Homosassa-Weeki Watchi area to swim with manatees. They are very inquisitive creatures and so friendly. One female that we named, Esther the Molester, loved to nuzzle and chew on Johns beard! It was a peak life experience to swim into Three Sister’s Spring at sunrise to see 70-80 manatees! Here is an old picture of my dad and a friendly manatee.
We decided to spend the night on the hook near a Melbourne bridge on our way to Titusville. It was a beautiful evening with a special sunset. I even tried some fishing but just lost my hook!
On our way to Titusville, I was intrigued by this island community. There were no bridges but it was full of houses. I believe that I would enjoy such a place since the traffic in Destin has been frustrating especially with the continual road construction. But what could be better than a boat? I haven’t been in a car for almost 3 weeks except an occasional Uber to get supplies.
One of my favorite sites are dolphins swimming in our wake. These guys really put on a show!
https://johnanddebcruise.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_0968.movWe arrived at Titusville City Marina on Thursday and our toilet part arrived today (Friday) on time! John met a guitar player who lives aboard here and I was invited to join tonight for a jam up in the marina lodge. That should be great fun.
John yelled for me to come see the manatee by the boat. He had been washing something with the outside hose. I had heard that they like fresh water so I sprayed the boat hose onto the water and it was AMAZING! Four manatees surfaced and had a party with me. Little did I know that it was illegal and could result in a $500 fine. I’ll share the video cause it brought me such joy but I can’t do this again ever!
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After we partied with water, several manatees cleaned the underside of our boat for us! Who needs real divers? What a marvelous day we had even with a broken toilet! Last night the music I got to play with the local guitarist was a Blast and then we were invited to share smoked and grilled hamburgers, hot dogs, pork loin, chicken, pineapples, jalapeño poppers and cheese sticks! They cook every Friday night. Such a friendly group of people live on boats at the Titusville marina.
