WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 25TH

We left Stuart by 6:30 a.m. as the weather was predicted to turn nasty and very windy by mid-day. We did pass through several rain showers but avoided the bigger storms by watching the weather radar via the Internet. Our plan was to anchor for the night, but we decided to stay in the Melbourne Harbor Marina instead.

We arrived early to Melbourne so walked up to their historic district a few blocks from the marina. Lots of fun shops, boutiques and restaurants. As usual, the guys didn’t last long. Tami and I met up with them at Meg O’Malley’s. It was an Irish pub complete with various ales and lagers on tap and the menu was pretty much Irish fare. We ordered a sampler platter of appetizers. The cabbage rolls stuffed with corned beef were my favorite. Of course there was something made with potatoes and then deep-fried. (how can you go wrong?) And a small sausage wrapped in pastry and served with course ground mustard. Very tasty!

It was too early for dinner so we ended up eating at The Chart House located at the marina. It was a bit spendy but the food and service were excellent. The added bonus was it was just a short walk back to the boat. The walk back however was windy. The wind arrived much later than predicted, but boy was it windy!