....and the dog ate my homework! December 20' 2012

We wrote a blog recapping our journey from Vero to Boca Raton. Dan hit the "publish" button and blogspot confirmed that it was loaded, and then it disappeared???? Even the "local" copy disappeared. It is somewhere in Cyberspace, never to be found. Before redoing it, we waited to see if the world was going to end.

So, to recap... We left Vero on December 14 and had a very nice sail down the Intracoastal to Jensen Beach where we anchored behind the causeway and dinghied to shore for dinner with George and Jackie at Conchey Joe's.

The next morning it was up early and off to North Palm at Lake Worth.







The scenery along the way was pretty spectacular.

The next day we had hoped to get to Lauderdale, but there are twenty bridges between Palm Beach and Lauderdale. They all have different opening schedules and it took longer than planned. We bailed out at Boca Raton and anchored in the lake in front of mansions, condos and yachts.





As tough as that day was, the next day to Lauderdale was a piece of cake. We fell in behind a "party boat" named Caprice. The captain was a former sailor and took us under his wing. He has all the openings timed, so it was a matter of following him through, one after another.

We anchored in another beautiful spot called Sylvia Lake. We then dinghied to the Southport Raw Bar. You can tie up at their dock provided you eat there. The food is great, so it is no hardship. The location provides access to shopping and more importantly, the new West Marine Store. The store is over 50,000 square feet and is the largest in the country! What a store.

We are going to hang one more day in Lauderdale, then head to Dinner Key in Miami. Then we will start looking for good weather to cross to the Bahamas. We could possibly be in Bimini for Christmas.

Location:Fort Lauderdale