Three Days in Ft. Lauderdale

Compass Rose spent three days in Lake Sylvia, Ft. Lauderdale waiting for the weather to improve for a Bahamas crossing. We had a wonderful time waiting with the thirty or so other boats. We were there with Papillon and Avalon.

You can dingy around Ft Lauderdale from the Lake. We were guided though the many canals by Mike and Pegge McLaughlin who had local knowledge after living there for many years.

The turtles were nesting on the beaches and as you can see from the signage they take this very seriously. All of the lights along the beaches have covers that block the lights from the beach front. Otherwise, the turtles will crawl towards the lights and away from the ocean. Guess they don't have much of an internal compass.

We were in the midst of spring break so the beaches were very crowded. It was great to feel the sand between our toes. This was as close to the Bahamas as we were going to get.