Ft. Lauderdale - Delray Beach - Lantana Anchorage

This one looks nice

Carol got back on the boat last night at Fort Lauderdale and this morning we headed north.  Traveling through miles and miles of mansions and mega-yachts was a real treat for the eyes.  We decided we better get back to something more like reality before our idea of “normal” became warped.  Maybe we really DO need a 12,000 sq. ft house with an infinity pool, 38 palm trees, 2 gardeners and our own pool boy.

Carol is back, Yeah!! Delray Beach

We stopped in Delray for a few hours and some very nice people were at the dock. One young man helped us tie up and then told us about his adventures in kayaking. He works on conservation projects in Vermont and thought he might like to do the Great Loop in a kayak.  We will be watching to see if that great idea becomes a reality.

The Blue Anchor Pub

Meat loaf and a side salad, 2 plus a doggy bag

A British Pub was our lunch stop and we had thoroughly enjoyed the break – and the meatloaf.   As we departed the dock, a big wake rocked our boat (it was a no-wake area but that doesn’t seem to count for much around here).  The dinghy motor clipped a dock post and bent the back of our aluminum dinghy, just a minor catastrophe.  Dennis got it repaired this evening.  We continued on to Lantana, Florida where we dropped the anchor in a quiet area just off the ICW near the Lantana bridge.   We passed under 15 bridges today about half had to be opened for a boat of our height. Because of the bridge timings every half hour on the hour or on the 15 minutes, boats begin to group together for part of the trip we were in a group of 5 boats.

OOPS!!!

Nice Bridge Design

The sun sets on another fun day