A Little Piece Of Paradise

We are hoping that the best way to stay healthy is fresh air and sunshine, which we have plenty of here on the Treasure Coast. Yesterday we launched the skiff in Fort Pierce and headed out the inlet on an incoming tide. The water was the amazing blue-green that we were used to seeing in Abaco.

This 160' expedition yacht, called the Compass Rose, grabbed our attention. On board it had an exotic looking motorcycle, a couple of flats boats, a 29' Yellowfin, and a sportfishing boat with tuna tower. We looked up the specifics on the yacht and the sportfisherman gets launched by hydraulic lowering and raising behind those massive stern lock doors. Gee, if we had the money, it looked like something we would own with all the toys, except it was lacking a sailboat!

Another big yacht we saw in port was the 250' Titania...

It was so calm out that we motored out to the sea buoys in the ocean, just to say we could. View looking back in the inlet...

We did some backwater exploring and found a little piece of paradise up one of the creeks by the state park. The entrance was tricky with deep water close to shore on the east side, but a shoal on the west side. The current was flying, but the water was clear and warm and inviting...Dave couldn't wait, and the spot we anchored in was 10ft. deep.

There was a sandy shoal that people were walking around on, so we both had fun walking up current, then jumping in the water and floating back to the boat. You had to make sure you were in line with the boat though, because if you missed it, or the line we had trailing off the stern, it was a hard swim back.

I think we have found a favorite new spot, and it is closer to home than Peanut Island. The tide has to be coming in though, or else the water goes back to its usual brown. What a great excursion!