YES, we have left Stuart, Florida, we are on the move finally. However, when one travels to Fort Lauderdale on the Intracoastal Waterway there are BRIDGES. Yes, I did indeed put this in capitals. Most bridges are too low to go under for us (and for 99% sailboats), we had to have 17 open for us. 26 Bridges we encountered on our way. We left at 8am and motored until 7pm (just before dark). The bridges are scheduled openings, ie: on the top and half hour OR at the quarter and 45 after the hour. Yes, this sounds like it could work to get to next bridge opening, nope, there are Manatee speed zones or many marinas so we cannot "floor" the gas pedal down and get there!! Out come the binoculars so I can read the speed zone sign up ahead and tell Paul to slow it down or speed up. One bridge is actually under construction and the lanes are packed with cars, ONE opening an hour! Even the website I was on did not have that update! Yikes, a long day. However, good news, we are not near snow!! Our city had a record breaking snowfall, yes, of all time! Now, I really feel sorry for our family and friends, I should not be "complaining" about the bridges, hahhahahahaha.
Yes, it is the indeed the capital! We took our dinghy around this morning. Our motoryacht seems so small compared to what we saw.
We went under a couple of bridges close to the edge and guess what we saw??
Iguanas under the bridges on the wood in the sun, I got so close for the pic, I told Paul they could jump right in the dinghy and 'freak' me out. There were about 10 or so under the bridge. Hmmmm, am thinking what their food source is? Homeowners nearby complain about their "poop" that is left behind. You see in our city we complain about deer eating our bulbs etc and here in Florida they have other creatures that wreck havoc.
Natives arrived in the Fort Lauderdale area 4,000 years ago
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