Fuel At Anchor
28 January 2013 | Lake Sylvia, Ft.Lauderdale, FL
Donna
It looks like we have the weather window we are hoping for on Wednesday morning. We are hoping to have breakfast with our friend Pam tomorrow morning and then leave for an anchorage outside of Miami that will be a better place for us to leave from. Bill spent some time today finding just the right place to stop for diesel fuel so we can top off our tank and a couple of extra cans we have. We were working in the cockpit trying to figure out a problem we have with our Single Side Band radio when Bill looked up at a boat that was going by. In this little lake we are anchored in we see lots of interesting boats, ones you wouldn’t expect to see here. Today it was a mobile fuel barge! Bill had heard about this fuel barge, he had read that it would be next to the bridge over the weekend. On Saturday we went looking for it, but never found it. Now it was right next to us! You may think the picture above is at a fuel dock, but really that boat/barge stopped next to us, drove some piles into the ground to anchor himself and filled up our tanks! It was super convenient. It took a while but only because the guy really loved to talk. He was a sailor himself and knew all about our boat.
We also took one last trip to the supermarket this afternoon to get our last minute provisions. Someone just told us you can’t get any chips in the Bahamas. We have become addicted to chips, something I would never buy before we moved on the boat. Now we have as many bags of chips and pretzels that we can fit. We have lots of food shoved all over the boat. I sure hope I can find what I want when I need it!! I have a feeling there will be a lot of loading and unloading cabinets for the next few months.
We had heard that the police in Ft. Lauderdale are very tough on boaters. If you go out in your dinghy after dark you better have running lights! Apparently they aren’t too pleased if you don’t have your anchor light on either. I keep forgetting to do it!! Tonight the police came by in their boat and shined a bright light in our ports. Bill saw it, I did not. He went out on deck and it was the police telling us to turn our anchor light on!!
We will post to the blog at least one more time before we leave for the Bahamas, but if you don’t hear from us for a few days don’t worry. I’m sure we will be having an adventure!