Sunset in Lake Sylvia
Top of Princess Cruise ship just to the right of the tower
Captain Kevin on Ft. Lauderdales "Miracle Mile"
Admiral Marlene checking out the recycled water bottle sculpture of two fish
We woke up in the heart of Ft. Lauderdale this morning right next to Port Everglades, the third busiest cruise ship terminal in the world. A Princess Cruise ship must have arrived early this morning and we could see the top of it over the trees lining Lake Sylvia. Last evening, we arrived into Lake Sylvia, wedged between the intracoastal waterway and the ocean. This has to be one of the nicest anchorages in a metropolitan setting you could ask for. Lake Sylvia is about a 1/4 mile in diameter, surrounded by multimillion dollar homes, yachts and is totally protected by wind from any direction....and it's free.....almost. While the anchorage is free, you have to pay something to land your dinghy almost anywhere in the Fort Lauderdale area. We decided to head to the Beach. We dinghy'ed in to the Los Olas marina and paid for dinghy dock usage which included full use of the marina amenities. We grabbed some lunch at an Italian restaurant on Fl. Lauderdale's "Miracle Mile" and headed to the Ft. Lauderdale Beach. After catching some "rays". We shopped and walked the waterfront before returning to the marina to shower and take our dinghy ride home. The mile dinghy ride took us past at least 4 Mega Yachts tied up on face docks along the ICW at Bahia Mar Beach Resort. Our 3.5 horsepower 9.5 ft dinghy looked mighty tiny next to the Mega Yachts as we passed. In Ft. Lauderdale, virtually every home on the water seems to have a large yacht in front of it. Virtually every Mega Yacht we see is registered in Georgetown, Caymen Islands. Sounds like wealthy people have creative ways of avoiding paying taxes.
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