You Win Some You Lose Some

Day 69

March 9, 2016

Wed.

Vero Beach FL

Mitch's generator has quit charging his battery and he and Lee opened up the floor and stared at the thing.  Not sure either one of them knew what they were doing but it did not get fixed in any event. 

We got on the free town bus and sort of figured out how to get places on it.  We were attempting to go to the city power plant where the Vero Beach app said you could see manatees. We went through 2 buses and walked a little to the spot. The signs said Manatee Parking here. But we did not see anything and signs said No Trespassing. A woman came by on a bike who looked like she might be a local and I asked her about the contradicting signs. She said that the power plant had closed 3 years ago and that it no longer put out warm water that attracted manatees and they quit coming in March unless it was a real cold spell. Looks like the Vero Beach app they tout could have deleted the power plant viewing spot in 3 yrs.  We got back on the bus and came back to the marina. 

By the time we got back to the marina it was time to go to a cook out we were invited to. The chef from Riverside Restaurant invited us to come. There were about 15 people, some locals, some passing through like us. Mitch was able to find a couple of people to talk his generator problem over with and they drew some conclusions.  One of the guys, Dick is coming over tomorrow to look at it.  Fellow boaters and cruisers are almost always friendly and very helpful. We had a nice time at the cookout, yummy food and a couple of cute dogs. One Gracie that stole my heart.