Well, I wasn't going to do much blogging this trip since so much is a repeat. Until today, it has been a calm, easy going trip. We left Hilton Head to go South on January 4. We have made good progress and are tied up tonight at the Las Olas Marina in Ft. Lauderdale.
Our day started out with raging current and a strong East wind that required us to get extra dock help getting out of the slip in Palm Harbour in West Palm Beach. We really didn't want to drift into the $4 million boat next to us :-((( Today was also the day of 19 bridges. That is always grueling as we had to do a lot of waiting for openings and deal with a couple crabby bridge tenders. The highlight of the day was trying to dock in 25 mph winds while dealing with water taxis and the boat traffic of Ft. Lauderdale. After some very scary moments of turning sideways in the slip, we abandoned that plan and headed out for a T head that was open. To finish off the day, we could not get off the boat....tide too low and dock too high. This day goes on the books in the top 5 worst boating days ever.
Hoping for a better day tomorrow as we arrive in Coconut Grove, our winter home.
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