Sailing Last Mango

4-9-17     Today we left Sunset Bay Marina and traveled a whole 9 miles west on the St. Lucie Canal to the St. Lucie Lock Campground and Marina. Needless to say Karen and I had no need to get an early start. We will miss the marina and Stuart Florida, as we have good memories and look forward to returning someday. Stuart has easy access to hardware, marine and grocery stores, it also has a great little downtown area with lots of restaurants.  Our trip down the canal went well with me, of course trying to sail Mango as much as possible, which today was very little due to narrow channels and high trees. We did putter along nicely getting the assistance of a rising tide. We arrived at the St. Lucie Lock timing it perfectly with the lock master. Mango motored into the open lock and within 15 minutes Mango was raised 13 feet and motored out. The Army Corps marina is 100 yards away from the lock so we did a drive by of the 6 slips of the marina to see which slip would suit us best

4-2-17     Yesterday was a fine day but hot and humid, it was 80 degrees with 82% humidity by 11 AM. Karen and I got a lot done on Mango but stopped around noon due to the heat and in honor of Greg’s birthday. I have to admit that Mango looks darn good and the wax job appears to be the best we’ve done since we’ve owned her. Karen has the stainless shining like new and we’ll finish the remainder of the tasks once off of salt water. This morning is kind of bitter sweet, we’ve been in the Harbor Town Marina now for a week and it’s a great place with great facilities. We have a workout room, library, TV area, grills and a wonderful pool. However my feet are getting itchy and I’m ready to move on, Karen feels the same. Moving on isn’t the bitter sweet part though. Moving on from here means that we part ways with Fracas and crew since their summer storage is here in Fort Pierce. We certainly got accustom to spending time with Greg and Mary Lynn and enjoyed their company and humor,