Another day to myself. I could get used to this....We all left at 7:30. I drove Joe's car and got to Ft. Lauderdale at 9:30, Mike and Joe arrived at 3:30.
Joe had a Cub Cadet meeting at the Riverside Hotel on the New River and we were lucky enough to get dock space there for the next four days.
I wandered around Las Olas Boulevard, lots of cute shops and restaurants. I had a yummy breakfast crepe. I also drove to Wal Mart and Best Buy for a couple of items. By the time I was done the fellas arrived. The river has a ton of boat traffic; taxis, fuel boats, booze cruises, tour boats as well as pleasure craft.
For dinner, we cooked the fish we caught along with corn on the cob and cole slaw.
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| Fuel Boat |
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| The boat on the right was Evel Knievel's Boat before he lost it in a bet in the early 80's. |
On Sunday we went to the Miami Boat Show. Oh my gosh the boats! There were two shows that weekend. We went to the free one on Collins Avenue across from the famous Fountain Blue Hotel. There were hundreds of boats; from Sport fish, to trawlers to mega yachts. We walked around for nearly six hours. Mike found his dream boat. I told him he had already found that...moi of course.
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| Mike's Dream Boat; a Fleming 55 |
For dinner we ate at an Italian restaurant, Tuscan Grill on Las Olas.
Monday was house keeping, run errands and relax day. The guys went to West Marine and the liquor store, while I vacuumed (someone has to do it). I got in five thousand steps, read a bit, then we fixed pork chops on the grill, roasted beets and potatoes and steamed asparagus. We all agreed it was a mighty fine dinner!
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| Took from the back of our boat. |
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| Manatee Tracker |
We had a nasty storm blow in Tuesday morning around 5 which woke us all up. The wind was howling and we could hardly see across the canal the rain was coming down so hard. Later, when we watched the news we found out a tornado had touched down near us and two boats capsized with people in them. Luckily everyone was ok.
That afternoon, the weather cleared and we walked down the Ft. Lauderdale Riverwalk. It was very nice, at least a couple miles long. We also went to the local science museum and watched a 3D movie about the US National Parks. It was narrated by Robert Redford and was very cool.
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| The goofy guys |
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| Iguanas are everywhere |
Joe had dinner with his Cub Cadet group, so Mike and I fixed pasta and watched the Tampa Bay Lighting.
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