We have discovered another clear water swimming hole, even closer to home. We took our powerboat, now named Coqui after the tree frog that hops from place to place (also matches little Coquina, our 15 ft. sailboat), from the ramp at the east side of Stuart's Indian River bridge, down to the St. Lucie Inlet area. While exploring the canals and coves, we found a sandbar right off the inlet, that was crystal clear on the incoming tide, and deep water running next to it. It reminded us so much of Tahiti Beach off Elbow Cay in the Bahamas, except the Stuart bridge was in the background.
Dave even found this mature queen conch!
We also found a hermit crab that took over a small conch shell.
Instead of palm trees like on Tahiti Beach, we had a mangrove forest.
The sand was gorgeous and there were trails through to the other side.
There were also huge yachts going in and out of a very elite residential marina.
Now we are content to have had another boating adventure, just in case the authorities do close down the boat ramps. I imagine that will happen on the weekend when all the sandbars are normally packed.
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