Saturday April 11, 2015 Titusville to Rockhouse Creek
Anchor up at 0945, pleasant surprise – it was clean. We retrieved the anchor and 75 foot of chain
without having to clean it – hooray. At
1052 we arrived at marker #2, having started at marker #240 in Stuart. Don’t know how the markers work because it is
not the end of our trip. Marker 75 was
next and our trip continues. Today is
nature day. A dolphin rode our bow wake
for over 5 minutes. Then we saw what we
thought was a pink flamingo only to discover it was a roseate spoonbill – very
pretty. As we entered the Haulover Canal
we discovered we were entering manatee zone.
On the weekends this is a very popular place. All sizes of boats, kayaks, canoes, and people
fishing from shore. Manatee swim
everywhere in this canal. We went slowly
to avoid the people and the manatee.
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| Entering Haulover Canal taking us to the Banana River |
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| A little shallow outside of the channel |
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| Saturday morning fish'in Florida style |
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| A couple of manatees swimming along |
The ride to New Smyrna was greatly varied; people camping on
islands, trailer parks ( “mess with me, mess with the whole trailer park”) developments of modular homes, to expensive waterfront homes, which you would
expect on the water in Florida. The
route thru New Smyrna was circuitous, with many weekend boaters and much
activity at the many marinas. We
approached our anchorage only discover it is a very popular place for anchoring
and also a passageway to a popular beach spot for small boats. After a short time the beach quickly empty
due to rain showers, which made for great boat watching for us.
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