We woke up at 6am and weighed anchor at 7am. We started our way down the ICW again towards Ft. Lauderdale. Here is another draw bridge we went under:


I spotted what appeared to be a bald eagle in one of the trees:


A very nice classic looking yacht docked outside someone's house:


There is so much more to look at while cruising down the ICW. The architecture of all the homes is very interesting. Most of it is Mediterranean style, with a few traditional homes mixed in. This home was the most unique that I saw, being very modern. Not my taste, but it sure is different:


Down in this area the ICW is like driving down a street with homes right along the side and with creeks/rivers branching off into the neighborhoods. They have their cars in their driveways and their boats in their backyard waterways.

We were making our way closer to Ft. Lauderdale:


It was cool making our way through downtown Ft. Lauderdale on the ICW between the city streets and large buildings.





I was up on the bow as we were passed by the large Jungle Queen tour riverboat and had to pull aside to let them by. As they passed full of passengers, I noticed a group of several cute girls waving. Too bad I couldn't run into them somewhere in town. Later we took a turn onto some smaller river that took us into the neighborhood where Doug was going to dock his boat. Here is a nice sailboat dock alongside someone's home:


We arrived at the slip around 2pm and started cleaning up. It sure was nice to arrive at our destination! Now Doug had to coordinate in getting a rental car so we have some transportation to get around town. We watched as mega yachts are towed through the narrow river with two tow boats, one at the bow and one on the stern. They negotiate these monsters around the sharp turns, draw bridges, and it is a tight squeeze when they encounter other boats. I wish I took pictures as they went right by us at the dock.

I was anxious to get home and was originally planning to fly back to Norfolk on Wednesday with Ray. I was then beginning to think I should check out Ft. Lauderdale while I'm down here. I can fly back whenever and don't have a deadline. That evening I changed my flight registration and didn't have any problems with that. Doug took Ray and me to some very nice restaurants for dinner and we enjoyed some delicious food.