Warm In Fort Lauderdale!

Sunday the rain finally stopped and the sun came out. The picture is of the three of us rafted to the mooring ball. From left to right Seaquel, Tropical Gale Winds and Interlude.

We met Gretti and Richard and had a great lunch and visit. It was good to see them, we didn't see much of each other this Summer in Deltaville. They left to go to New England as soon as their boat was ready. I don't know when we will arrive back in Deltaville but they plan on May. Hopefully we will get together before they take off for the Summer.

After lunch we went for a walk to the ocean and met up with Cathie and Tom. It turned out to be a beautiful a day. It was windy by the ocean but you would not have known inland.

This little guy was scurrying along in the sand as we went by, as you can see he kept his eyes on us the whole time I was taking his picture.

A little further down the beach this guy was marooned in the sand. I didn't help, I don't like to get stung.

On the walk back to the marina we came across this guy making his way across the road. He was big, as you can see in comparison to the nuts beside him. We didn't touch him either don't know if he bites.

Monday morning we all vacated our mooring at 7 AM and headed for South Lake Worth to anchor for the night. As we started out the channel our chart plotter failed to power up. Here we go again. The night before Larry broke a tooth, what next. Well it didn't take long before we found that out. Our hot water tank popped a hose and drained most of the water into the bilge. That took care of the water Larry put into the tank the day before. We just need to get into the habit like before of tuning off the breaker for the water pump. Too late for this time.

We let Tom know we didn't have a chart plotter and wanted to follow him though the skinny water, no problem. We have paper charts and we use them also but it is amazing how one can become complacent with modern day convinces. Larry put in a call to our electronics guy after he was unable to trouble shoot it himself. Some of the secrets they just don't let us in on.

Monday night we had a great anchorage and a peaceful nights sleep. When we woke in the morning we all decided to go out the inlet to the ocean and travel to Fort Lauderdale on the out side avoiding 20 bridges. It was not quite what NOAA had predicted. Gee I'm surprised! The wind was on our nose which we knew but it was stronger than predicted and the waves were bigger. It was uncomfortable till things settled down in the midday. We arrived at the channel at 2 PM and had the anchor down in Lake Sylvia by 3 PM. Not bad!

Sally and Andy left us at Hillsboro inlet, about 10 miles before Fort Lauderdale inlet. They are going home for about two weeks to get ready for the Bahamas. They say they may see us in Marathon. It was fun traveling with them and we look forward to seeing them again.

While we were coming into the channel our electronics guy called with the magic code to reset our plotter and it worked. Yeah! It is good to be back on the grid. We are still not sure what caused it but it's fixed and that's what counts.

We relaxed and visited with Cathie and Tom on our boat. Today we are planning on a shopping excursion into the city of Fort Lauderdale. We'll stay tonight and in the morning we will go outside again if the weather permits and travel to Miami.

I forgot to tell you, don't be jealous, the temps are in the 80's. It feels so good after being cold for so long. I hope Winter this year is a warm one!