Are we medical tourists?

We have doctor appointments coming up in northern Florida so we took advantage of some good weather to make a run outside to Fort Pierce Inlet. We had a great visit from some dolphins and when the wind finally filled in from the west we had some fantastic sailing! Arriving there on a Sunday afternoon was...exciting, but we made it all the way to Vero Beach and took a mooring at the City Marina. It's our first time here!

Beautiful day offshore!

I've made no secret of the fact that I am ready to be vaccinated and we had appointments set for our first shot next week, but...a quick check of the CVS website revealed that we could get rolling with our first shot right here in Vero the day after we arrived! The location was about 6 miles from the marina, but Vero Beach has a pretty awesome free bus service that, given enough time, could get us there for free. And since the forecast was for stormy weather, a bus would be great!

So that's what we did. We started our three-bus trek to CVS only to discover that the final bus of the journey wasn't running (thanks for updating your website, GoLine RT!) and no Uber/Lyft was in the area. Great day for a workout, right? With a 35-minute power walk we made it to our appointment only five minutes late. Check-in, shots, waiting for a reaction, and a little shopping took less than a half hour...easy process. We decided that if we were going to have to hoof it back we might as well grab some lunch (margaritas, Negro Modelo, and Mexican food!) first. It may have taken us two hours each way in crappy weather to take care of this, but I'm so glad we did. Does this make us medical tourists? Visiting Vero Beach to get a shot (and some protection from weather)? Maybe!

Two buses and a walk each way...in the rain!

Tomorrow we will get groceries delivered to the marina, do laundry, do school, and check the weather for options to continue north. There is a crewed SpaceX launch Thursday morning that we admittedly would love to be around Titusville for. Hope it works out! Oh, and Vero Beach is alright! Even though we didn’t get to explore too much and the weather has been super soggy, the marina facilities and staff are very nice and we could certainly imagine returning.

~Jo, 1st Mate