Wallet Capers – Fort Pierce enroute to Vero Beach, 3-30-22

The competition in Florida is fierce for marinas and mooring balls.  That meant, our group was up and off Wednesday morning at 7:00am.  We saw how many boats had made the crossing and were anchored at Fort Pierce, Florida.  We didn’t want to stay here for the blow the next three days since there was not a nice marina close, we were anchored very close to the channel and the current was strong, not to mention, there wasn’t much to see or do on land for those 3 days.  We wanted to go to Vero Beach which was a nicer place to rest for a couple days.

Ron and I had changed our minds about pushing hard to get directly up to St. Augustine.  Our sail drive was now leaking so little (less than when we left ?!?), we thought we had a little more time to stay with our peeps.  Our group ended up on a mooring ball at the Vero Beach Marina and they were great.  We filled with water, diesel, and could not just rest for the next couple days.  Finally!  We were not able to move north in the Intercoastal with the storms anyway.  Time to celebrate, or so we thought…

We had decided to take an UBER to dinner with our group since it was a bit too far to walk.  No sooner had we sat down at the table when Sailing Hubby realizes he had left his backpack in the UBER, with his wallet in it.  I guess he is not used to carrying a murse.   The UBER driver had already left, and he was now frantically trying to reach him.  After 20 messages and contacting UBER customer support, we had still not heard back from the driver to know whether it was still there or if he just pocketed the wallet and about $100 in cash that was in it. 

We still had a lovely dinner and thanked our team for their patience, assistance, but most of all their friendship.  We are lucky people indeed.  To wrap up the night, one of our buddy boats had lost their freezer on the crossing as the bashing waves knocked out their compressor.  We were all frantically making freezer space to help save their groceries.  I think we saved most if not all and nothing was lost.  We will travel up with them to St. Augustine and when they haul out at St. Mary’s, they can come get their stuff then. 

And just like that, a steak dinner was planned for the following evening since a few of the steaks were thawing!  Apparently, we are celebrating again!  Sailing Hubby is thrilled, especially since we are cancelling all our bank cards today.  It is some sort of upside to an otherwise crappy day.  

Fort Pierce sunrise!