New Smyrna Beach, FL to Melbourne, FL

We left the city dock in New Smyrna Beach, Florida just as the sun was coming up.  Our new friends from Latitudes left at the same time.  We followed each other for about half the day.  We decided to pull our sails out and save some diesel but Latitudes was anxious to make it to meet some friends so they continued on motor sailing.  The most exciting part about the day was coming to this bridge that is used for trains only and it always is open, unless a train is coming.  If a training is coming lights go off and a horn sounds (it's automatic, there is no person to open/close the bridge).  We're told you have 8 minutes to get through the bridge once the sounds and lights go off.  We made it to the middle of the bridge and Daniel and I both heard a loud train heading our way.  Fortunately, it was on another track - but it did wake us both up.

 

 

Latitudes going through the train bridge ahead of C-Time

We made it to Melbourne, Florida about 4:30 in the afternoon.  We had looked ahead and found a West Marine only 6 blocks from the Intracoastal Waterway so we dropped the anchor and took D-Time ashore.  We tied up to the local dock and took off for town.  We were able to buy a few supplies we were needing and then started heading back to the boat...when we saw it...a really neat looking Italian restaurant, Chef Mario's Cafe.  We couldn't pass up the opportunity and we weren't disappointed.  We had the best pizza with melt in your mouth crust, a Caesar salad and all the homemade delicious garlic rolls you could eat.  What a treat!  We waddled back to the boat after that meal and D-Time was barely able to carry the extra weight back to the boat after that meal, but D-Time made it.