Got up early this morning to get the boat ready to get underway to Fort Lauderdale.
We left the dock at Boca Chita federal park at 7:30. The sun was up but the wind was strong.
We headed across the Florida Bay with Miami at the bow. As we approached Miami we saw what was left of the houses built on sticks, once they fell down they were not allowed to rebuild them. Going thru Miami was something else tall buildings and a lot of boat traffic. We had to have two bridges opened to pass thru. As we passed thru Port Everglades there we many many cruise ships and mega yachts. One yacht had a helicopter on the fantail, a chase boat on one side deck and a sail boat on the other side deck, life must be tough for some people. There were more big yachts than we could count and one had to be better than the other. After 46 miles we found the New River and headed up to Cooley's Marina run by the city. They first put us on a dock downtown but was not sure for how long, so we decided to move to Cooley's which ended up to be nicer. The laundry is right at the end of our dock and we are bowed in so we can watch all the yachts go by. We walked the Riverwalk and found a great Irish Pub and had cold beer and sandwiches. We will probably stay 3 or 4 days but who knows. Our compass is now pointed North so we are on the way up the East coast. Today we did 46 miles in 7 hours of winding and windy waterways.
Lin & Rich
Cooley Marina
New River
City of Fort Lauderdale
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