Thursday, March 19 – Indiantown to Peck’s Lake

 

After a leisurely morning of washing the boat and a breakfast on the back deck, we departed the marina at 1118.  We arrived at the St. Lucie lock at 1302, the final lock on the Okeechobee waterway, a drop of 14 feet.   We got into the lock at 1316 and exited at 1345.  It was an uneventful trip through increasingly urbanized areas.  Arrived at the Roosevelt Bridge in Stewart at 1440.  The bridge is immediately in front of a railroad bridge, which closed as we arrived.  We are on a boat that is stopped by a train. (Can’t make this stuff up)  The lockmaster finally raised his bridge as the railroad bridge went up, after a short 15 minute wait.  We wound our way through the channel by Stewart and at 1540 we arrived at mile marker 0 which is the end of the Okeechobee waterway.    We then made a right turn and joined the intercoastal waterway heading south.  We arrived at Peck’s Lake at 1628, our anchorage for the night.  We were communicating with La Belle Vie and Homefree who were joining us at the anchorage.  We were invited on board La Belle Vie so we dinghied over to pick up David and Chris from Homefree and enjoyed conversation and cocktails with Joe and Susan and Debbie.  A peaceful night at anchor except for a few boat wakes.

Greek's Folly on a face dock at marina

Out door boaters lounge at the marina

Our dock was to the left of the sail boat on the face dock

One of the big marinas just west of Stuart. This is American Custom Yacht Service

This is Home Free owned by lovely Australians, Christy and David. They had only owned the boat for 4 weeks so they didn't have boat cards made up. anchored at Peck Lake

The boat in the back ground is La Belle Vie anchored at peck Lake



Nice house as we get closer to Stuart, Fl