Seriously…..with word from home that it is cool, we are in shorts enjoying just what we come south for…..a never ending summer.   Our days here are Fort Pierce are comprised of doing some boat maintenance…..starting up the water maker….getting laundry done…..cleaning a bit and enjoying some of our favorite “spots”.  First we have to splash the dinghy with the new registration numbers on it.  I guess we did not do too bad a job.  Now we just have to think of a good name for it and have the lettering done so we can put that on her stern.  My first thoughts are “The Shift” or “PS”.   We love Crabby’s by the water at the Fort Pierce Municipal Marina and make that one of our first stops.  Of course there is also one of the best hardware stores around within a short distance and did I mention a great bakery to boot?  Greg loves a good croissant for breakfast but as luck would have it at the time we arrived in the afternoon they were sold out.  I was kind of glad because that is a weakness f

When the opportunity to strikes for an easy departure, sometimes you just have to go for it……and that we did.  Fort Pierce …… home to a lot of fond memories would be our next port of call.   Our dear friend Richard and his crew aboard Un-tethered (Selene 57) from Urbanna (actually California) are headed there and fall in behind us on the ocean.  They have left Charleston and will be doing a two night trip.  It was nice to have a “buddy boat” that is actually a buddy!  His crew will be disembarking in Fort Pierce and fly home on Monday.  Richard will leave the boat in Fort Pierce through Christmas and be back with his wife after the first of the year when they will start their trip to the Bahamas.  This is their first trip and I think they are both excited for this new adventure. We pull in about 9:00 in the morning maybe an hour past Richard and head for our favorite anchoring spot near Faber Cove.  We had a very easy overnight while Cooper and Jaxon must have been up all night because