The weather guru has given us a one day window to get further south before a wet and windy cold front comes through. We went to the fuel dock got diesel, gas and filled up the water tanks, said goodbye to our friends and got underway early on Thurs. Not much wind, foggy and a bit overcast so we motor sailed.
As we get further south, the biggest challenge travelling in the ICW are the bascule bridges ( 20 ft) Some will open on demand but many of them are on a schedule and that varies from every 30 mins to every 20 mins and we have 8 of them before we reach Lake Worth in North Palm Beach. You have to call the bridge tender on the radio and request the next opening so of course, that jobs is Helen’s (the commodore of communications).
You know when you’re getting into Palm Beach as the houses and yachts tied up in front them get bigger and in between are the golf courses. As we approach the PGA Bridge I know we’re almost there.
Lake Worth is a big area with lots of room for anchoring and as we enter we recognize several cruising boats.
Spent the next 5 days here and went ashore to shop in between the rain storms. The saving grace of being stuck here is that there are several good stores within walking distance of the dinghy dock-Publix, Stein Mart, Tuesday Morning and of course a huge West Marine. Joe was getting anxious to get me out of here so I would quit shopping.
We also used this time to bring out the Christmas decorations, listen to Christmas music and bake some cookies.
Enjoyed a pizza party on our boat on Sunday with George and Joanne from “Bristol Cream".
Hoping to move this afternoon to the anchorage near the inlet so we can be ready to go out early on Thurs morning. We go outside for the run to Miami in order to avoid the boat traffic and going through 26 bridges. Next stop Miami.
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