We set off on Sunday morning and had a good trip to the north end of Lake Worth near Palm Beach by five PM that afternoon where we anchored among a large group of sailboats. Along the way we stopped for fuel in Fort Pierce, taking on 162 gallons for an average of 1.89 miles/gallon. Not as good mileage as we did at our last fuel stop but we have used the generator quite a bit over the last month or so and that also sucks up fuel. We enjoyed meeting fuel guy Doug and his dog Sammy, a large, beautiful boxer. Sammy is pretty ferocious - toward birds - and delights in chasing them right to the end of the pier, putting on the brakes just in time to avoid a twelve foot plunge into the water.
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| Sammy the Terror of the Sea Birds |
Our stay in Lake Worth lasted two nights due to a prudent decision on the part of the captain not to travel in inclement weather that lasted all day Monday. He further distinguished himself by diagnosing and curing a toilet problem that cropped up on Sunday night. I had a great day Monday, sewing from morning until evening and completing a final section of a large quilt I've worked on for the past year. Thanks, Pam from Quilter's Loft for your clear explanation that helped me correct my earlier mistakes. I can't wait to put the rest of the pieces together when we get back to North Carolina.
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| These blocks will make up the corners of my quilt. I wish you could see more of the detail. |
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| Wayne ready to pull the anchor in Lake Worth. After many years of muscleing anchors aboard boats we now hit a button on the deck or at the helm and a motor does the job. |
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A few large enormous gigantic boats |
We've been agog all day looking at the hundreds of multimillion dollar houses and boats that line the waterway between Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale. Everytime we think we've seen the biggest, most elaborate house ever built, another one shows up that's larger, with more elaborate grounds, a fancier pool, fountains and statuary on the lawn, a courtyard you would not believe and a bigger boat parked out front. Most of them resemble Italianate palaces. The one below was a very modernistic exception.
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This is a house.
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A small part of the view surrounding us tonight
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| More of the view out our "back door" this evening |
We've anchored for the evening in Lake Sylvia, a small lake off the ICW just north of the Fort Lauderdale inlet. It's a beautiful spot in calm water and we're surrounded by palm trees and lovely homes. We sat on the back deck tonight in shorts and T shirts to watch a full moon rise as we ate shrimp salad I prepared earlier today. Tomorrow we plan to get to the Key Largo area and the next day we plan to make it to our destination for a while, Marathon.
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Wayne plotting our route for the next few days. Take note of the sunshine.
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