We left Key Largo at 8:00am making our way north to Hollywood, about 58 miles...slow, long miles. This part of the trip is long because we have many bridges that we have to pass under, some we have to wait to have lifted because our air height (with our antennas lowered) of 21.5ft is taller than the bridge opening. We are traveling on the intracoastal, it was pretty awesome to pass through Miami and see all the cruise ships, huge yachts and the amazing Miami skyline. While I tend to get anxious with large amounts of people/boats and activity...this was a bit overwhelming for me. I love a great big city but I prefer the more subdued atmosphere. We came through on a weekday which I was thankful for. There was still a fair amount of boat traffic, I'm happy we were not traveling on the weekend.
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| Beautiful City! |
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| Mark Cuban's 288ft super-yacht (white one) the blue one is 100ft! |
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| This is a cool Italian designed boat, called a Wider boat. |
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| This is a 36ft Grand Banks that traveled with us for two days. |
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| It's a jet ski mob! |
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| This is a really cool looking boat...not sure what it is! Wally Boat? |
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| Crocket is slowly working his way into my chair! |
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| And he won! He enjoyed sitting here looking out! He is so funny! |
We came to Hollywood to see our friends Meg and Dan who have a place down here. Dan had to travel back to our home town in Illinois, and we only got to see Meg for a day as she too, was heading back to Illinois. At least we were able to enjoy her for a day!! Thank you for a wonderful visit although too short...very blessed we were able to connect! They have a house several blocks away from the marina we are staying, equipped with a pool and fenced in yard. We plan to enjoy their yard one of our days while we are here and they are back in Illinois!
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| My adorable friend, Meg |
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| Ben and Meg, these two are so cute! Meg came to our boat with a bag of goodies...THANK YOU!!! |
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| Breakfast in Hollywood FL, on Hollywood Blvd. My cappuccino was amazing and my company was even better!! |
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| Loved being able to see Meg and have her see our floating home! |
I mentioned in our last post that we hit a prop making our way here to Hollywood. So, while Meg took me around Hollywood for a tour and breakfast, Ben was at the boat with a diver to remove both props and get them to the prop shop. Looks like we will be here for a week, it seems we are not the only ones who hit a prop. The prop shop is busy! Ben had both props removed (even though our starboard prop was fine) so they can both be tuned at the same time.
So, in the meantime, we will enjoy our time here in Hollywood...exploring, eating and smiling!
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| Look close you can see the curl to the one blade. |
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| Way to go babe! Now let's hope for no more rocks in shallow water! |
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