We enjoyed Fort Lauderdale and especially having family come to visit.
We hit some of the local restaurants like…
Tarpon and Jack Fish
15th Street Fisheries
Flip Flops Dockside Eatery
Shooters on the Waterfront
Southport Raw Bar
One night while on anchor a fellow cruiser from another boat came to visit and him and I chatted about the Bahamas and where to go. At 80 years old he and his wife had crossed over to the Bahamas countless times and he was nice enough to give me a map of interesting places to visit. I enjoyed that time and had a great selfie of the two of us to post here but unfortunately, I locked myself out of my phone and had to wipe and restore it losing the pics 😦
Our anchorage in Lake Sylvia had some amazing homes to look out at.
Cool Breeze
Home Values
Lake Sylvia or Silvia?
Just Off Our Stern
Nighttime View of Hilton
Occasionally we would see a floating tiki bar go by…
Next we anchored in Maule Lake in North Miami Beach.
Maule Lake Map
Maule Lake Photo
We were enjoying the 80 degree days and cool breeze at night. We took the dink out to find more fun restaurants like Duffy’s.
No Idea What or Why This Is?
Dink’ing Around North Miami
Duffy’s Poolside Bar
There was a great abandoned park where I was able to land the dinghy. Time to do some re-provisioning.
Dingy full of required stuff, it was time to get back to the mother ship.
We keep waking up every morning and deciding to stay a bit longer till we realized that we need to be halfway down the keys in a few days so it was time to weigh anchor and get underway. The trip down the ICW took us past Haulover Sandbar.
Haulover Sandbar 1
Haulover Sandbar 2
Haulover Sandbar is a popular party spot in Miami and with it being Spring Break down here it is sure to come alive. We’ll have to stop on our way back from the Keys.
Random Haulover Sandbar YouTube Video
Tonight, we anchored in Key Biscayne Bight just as the sun was setting
The full moon made for a great night sitting in the aft cockpit and enjoying a few drinks.
We had so much fun on Lake Boca Raton watching the “Boca Sunday Funday” that we decided to stay for 3 nights. Some weird Boca facts by Movato.com (Disclaimer: I have no idea if they are true). Just a few listed below.
#11. Boca Raton is home to the Boca Bash, one day a year when party-goers wake up early, throw on their bathing suits, and grab whatever boat, float, or paddle board they have for an all-day, music-blaring, police-tolerated massive party on the Boca Inlet.
#12. Boca Raton is a homestead for the rich and famous. Just a couple of major names that have or had homes in Boca include John Henry, who owns the Red Sox, Donald Trump, Sheryl Sandberg, Rush Limbaugh, Jon Bon Jovi, Marilyn Manson, Maury Povich and Connie Chung.
#16. The IBM computer was invented, not in Silicon Valley, but in Boca Raton.
#20. The beloved novel and recent film adaptation “Marley and Me” takes place in Boca Raton.
#33. The highest point in all of Boca Raton is 24 feet above sea level, and it’s located in the guard shack at Camino Gardens
We arrived in Lake Boca Raton on Friday night and found the anchorage almost empty. early Saturday morning the boats started to parade in and anchor pretty much anywhere they could find space. Up North there would have been blood spilled if people anchored so close to you but alas the crowd here was very friendly and I did not see a single argument.
Peak out the side window to see how close boats anchor to each other
The first boat named “Gallant Lady” is Jim Moran‘s. We stopped at Lighthouse Point Marina for some fuel, pumpout, water and ice and chatted for a bit. The dockhand mentioned that Jim had a boat in their marina and pointed to a $159M mansion just across the ICW which was Florida’s most expensive real estate.
MV Simple Life 
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