We stayed a day at St. Lucie Lock Campgrounds so we could have the Volvo Service company that rebuilt our Seawater pump on the way west, come back and fix a minor oil leak where the pump mounts to the engine block. While we were at the lock, a barge which we had seen off and on during our journey eastward again caught up with us and passed through the lock. The St. Lucie Lock was the only operating lock on the east side of Lake Okeechobee, so it was dropping the lake level to sea level. In this case, about 14ft.
Anger Management Up !
Anger Management Down !
Anger Management Gone !
On Wednesday, March 19th, we locked through acompanied by 4 manatee, dropped our 14 feet, leaving the St. Lucie Canal behind us for the 2 hour journey to the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, then 5 hours north from Stuart to the familiar and comfortable stop of Vero Beach. We are now more than half way back from Ft. Myers Beach to Palm Coast, where we will leave TIKA in advance of the upcoming Camano Rendezvous.
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