Yesterday (Sunday 11/6) we motored through some very narrow sections in Mosquito Lagoon passing up Rockhouse Creek anchorages and the lagoon before anchoring just beyond the Haulover Canal Bridge. The tiny basin here has a public launch and room for one boat to anchor, two if you set a second anchor and can keep a safe distance between the two boats. We were very excited about the possibility of seeing some manatees. They are known to be plentiful in this area. The basin was very calm and quiet except for the pelicans, egrets and cormorants diving around looking for dinner. Otherwise we enjoyed a very quiet night. A few afternoon sprinkles sent all the fisherman and boaters home early. The sun sets earlier now too so once we had the anchors set we closed up the boat to keep the little biting bugs out. After dinner it was lights out and no sightings as of yet....
Manatee Monday!!! Before I had even sipped my first coffee we had Manatee sightings within 50 feet of the stern. After at least an hour and 21 pictures (see pics), we had to stop watching so we could get dressed and really start the day. What a great place to sit and watch these creatures float around and move along slowly. One manatee came right over to our boat, checked out the dinghy for a while, then put his snout right up onto the stern for a sniff. These things weigh 1000-1500 lbs. We are sure of there being 5 manatees, as we could see that many at the same time. There were probably a few more but they did not surface at the same times to be sure of a higher count. After finally getting under way we enjoyed another 39 miles of waterway which took us past Canaveral and Cocoa Beach areas. Winds built a few times to over 20 and we had a sudden downpour lasting just a few minutes. The Eau Gallie port is now part of Melbourne and located at ICW 914. We anchored in the Indian River here and just watched some incredible colors in the sky. It's not as if we've never seen a rainbow, but WOW, we just had a double full range rainbow so close and so big it took two shots to get it all with the camera! (see pics)
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