Jazz/Blues fest at City of Ft Pierce Marina today
One of the scheduled four bands to play today. This blues band was very entertaining and creative. Good time was had by all.
A park adjacent to the city marina where an open air food and craft market is held every Sat. until 2:00pm.
At the park with intracoastal behind us
A couple caught groupers (non-endangered type) amberjack and tile fish
Carving the fish for take home
Pelicans will put up quite a fight to get a scrap of fish
This guy thought a higher view might be an advantage. They have learned they are not allowed past the end of his fish cleaning station.
Stuart is definitely worth a stop and there is so much going on you probably need at least 2 nights. We left Sunsest Bay Marina at 9:45 which was a little late to avoid the Saturday morning boat traffic. Hang on, some of those boats put out 4-5 foot wakes.
We made it to Fort Pierce City Marina and found another nice town although it seemed quieter than Stuart, however a very clean small town feel. Most restaurants have live music on week-ends. They also have a live theatre with a variety of well know professional artists appearing regularly. It is amazing the talent these small towns are able to book.
There are 2 Tiki Hut restaurants on site at the Marina, one at each end of the marina. We had lunch at one on the water where they had a male singer entertaining all day. We tried the other one called “Cobb’s Landing”, for dinner and listened to a three member band playing Spanish guitar music for your dining pleasure.
Our friends Dave and Pam Feltner of " Adagio" pulled in shortly after us. It was great seeing them again since we hadn’t seen them since Marathon.
This community is truly about artists and music. Tom saw online there was a scheduled free jazz/blues fest Sunday 3/21. On cue, they set up this morning, started playing around noon. The first group was a jazz band that was perfect for the start of a Sunday afternoon. The second band was a blues band that was really fun to listen to and watch perform. A very entertaining afternoon 100' from our boat. We could listen on board or walk to the park and be visually entertained as well. The food vendors were very good and reasonable. Unfortunately afternoon showers developed about 4:00 PM and brought the entertainment to a close. We bought vendors food, dined on board and called it an extremely fun day here in Ft Pierce. What a neat community.
Tomorrow it is a very short cruise to Vero Beach for a couple days. Then on to Canaveral for a connection with longtime friend Steve Parrish. We are really looking forward to our visit with Steve. It has been all to long.
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