We docked about 100 yards from the St. Lucie Lock & Dam
last night at the St. Lucie Campground and Marina. This is a super
clean campground and slip fees are only $30/night. If we had our senior
card it would only be $15/night. We slept late this morning, took a walk
around the campground, chatted with the senior citizen volunteer in the guard
shack where we paid for our stay. Back at
Viridian, we
made calls to Garmin concerning chart registration and did some cleaning inside
the cabin. Checkout time was at 11 AM so we made a quick radio call the lockmaster and he had the
doors open for us as soon as we backed out of our slip. The Lockmaster came
out and chatted with us the whole time we were being lowered the 13 feet to
enter the St. Lucie River. After clearing the lock, we began our last leg
on the Okeechobee Waterway. Our route today took us past Palm City, up
and around Stuart, down the west coast of Jupiter Island to our anchorage in
Peck Lake just off the Atlantic ICW. The channel buoys changed over to
red-right-returning upon leaving the Okeechobee and entering the Atlantic
ICW. The further we go, the bigger the houses and boats seem to be getting.
After
cruising for about 20 miles, we wound up at the same latitude we started from
this morning. Lake Peck is just a wide spot on the AICW but has a
deep enough hole that several boats can anchor next to a thin section of the southern
tip of Jupiter Island. Once the anchor bit in we got on our bathing
suits, lowered Jazzy, and rowed about 100 yds. to the
shore. Jazzy was tied to a leaning palm tree on the
beach, and we hiked through a green tunnel path cut through the brush and onto
a deserted beach on the Atlantic. Lands end! A long walk north on
the beach picking up shells and a rest on our chairs as the sun set made for
another great day on America's Great Loop. Here are some views from today's passage.
That's the news and here's the views:
Today's Passage
Bird's Eye
Houses along the waterway looking east
Jazzy gets tied
Let's go to the Beach!
Hiking through a path from Peck Lake to the Atlantic Coast on Jupiter Island, FL
Atlantic coastline on Jupiter Island
Beach Time
Time to head back
Viridian at anchor in Peck Lake, FL
The moon is almost full tonight
Another day comes to a close
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