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. 

 

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.