CRUSTACEAN’S WAY
For now is the best time to go,
As adventures can’t wait you know,
Some travel in planes quite fast,
And the scenery goes by in a blast.
But our trawler is really quite slow,
And we’ve got everywhere and no place to go,
So we savor each day,
And take time to play,
For this is Crustacean’s Way.
We’ve had our times of shared fun and laughter,
Those moments we’ll keep for ever after,
Through it all we smiled with you friends,
And hoped it would never end,
These joyous times shared with you all,
But now we must heed Poseidon’s call.
So to the boats we cast our fate,
With Captain bold,
And strong First Mate,
The lines are thrown,
The deck is clear,
And the price of fuel is all we fear.
So goodbye for now,
We’re on our way,
Until we see you again,
We’ll savor each day………
On Crustacean’s Way
Woke to a beautiful sunset in our anchorage this morning.
Continuing our journey north, we left the mangroves, pines and palms along the Indian River and entered a Haulover Cut and turned to go up Mosquito Lagoon.
Mosquito Lagoon was named due to its production of up to one million mosquitoes per yard of marsh. In 1950, a series of partitions created freshwater areas which decreased the mosquito population since salt water mosquitoes can not reproduce in fresh water. Luckily we had no issues with mosquitoes here!
Mosquito Lagoon and the surrounding area is part of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. An area of salt and freshwater marsh that is filled with wading and shore birds, ducks and turtles. Also must be good fishing as we went by lots of fishermen!
As we leave the Wildlife refuge behind the Lagoon fills with mangrove islands to the east and the shore begins to fill with homes. As we approach New Smyrna we could see the high rise buildings on the Atlantic beach and the shores became more developed.
We anchored just south of the town bridge and took the dinghy to the town dock to meet Duane, another friend from college. At the dinghy dock we met two other couples, both Loopers like us. We were able to help out one by taking him back to his boat to get his inflatable dinghy pump which he need to get his dinghy back to his boat.
Walked around town with Duane and explored the Indian mound and coquina block foundation of the Turnball Ruins/Old Fort at the city waterfront. See the picture below for the history of the site.
Also explored some of the older homes by the river and had lunch and did a short grocery run. Duane braved a wind blown ride back to the boat and we relaxed and enjoyed the waterfront view while catching up with each other.
