Saturday started out raining and all hopes of exploring Ft Lauderdale seemed dashed. We decided to leave Pretzel and go ashore to the marina for showers and laundry. While there we met another couple, Robin & Charles, who have returned from 10 years in Europe on their 49' Trintella. They now live in Destin, FL and are cruising the east coast of the US.
It cleared by noontime so we went exploring in the dingies with Bob & Connie from s/v Meredith. Following directions from the marina we traveled north on the Middle River to a little dingy dock inside a park. It is across the street from the Omni Mall and just down the road from West Marine and a fabulous French bakery. We sat outside for lunch and enjoyed some live jazz music. We discovered this location was where we took our Blue Water Sailing School live-aboard course week 6 years ago after buying our boat.
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| Connie & Bob |
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| Live jazz at French Bakery |
When we discovered Bob from s/v Meredith was celebrating his 60th birthday we all decided to go out to dinner at Coconuts Caribbean Grill. It is actually directly across from our mooring and we could dingy right to their dock. The food was fabulous and we had a great time. There were 8 of us in the group...all in the mooring field. Bob's wife, Connie, ended the meal with buying an Espresso martini for everyone. We all left feeling no pain....or cold. The temp overnight went into the 40's again.
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| Jane preparing for her lobster |
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| Peter's stone crab legs |
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| Peter, Robin, Charles, Connie, Bob |
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| Birthday Bob with his espresso martini and ice cream cookie cake! |
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