We had a longer day scheduled for today, and it turned out to be a bit longer than expected. We left around 8:30am and was going about thirty five miles or so. Since we are heading north and it is mostly ‘no wake’ zones, it took us about seven hours. I like to say “It’s a nice day for a boat ride!”
We finally made it to West Palm Beach and was looking for an anchorage. There is a free dock to dinghy to so we wanted to be somewhat close to that. Next to the free dock is a marina which was completely empty. They were going to have a large boat show there, but it had been cancelled. It looked strange to see all those docks sitting empty. Once we had set our anchor and made sure all was good, we hopped in the dinghy (with Frank) and set out to walk around the town. The restaurants were still seating people on the sidewalk patios and it was business as usual here, but we knew there were reports about this Coronavirus in the news- at this point (I think) Ohio closed its schools and Lauren was telling me there is talk about closing restaurants! It seems to be business as usual down here in Florida with some exception- there was supposed to be a rum festival going on but it was cancelled, as well as the mentioned boat show. We walked around town and picked up some beer and ice to take back to the boat with us.
Later in the evening we were trying to decide if we wanted to stay another day or continue on- we agreed to see what tomorrow brings…