Day 29: Four Weeks Already!

West Palm Beach to Lake Boca Raton (anchor)

February 12, 2022

One of our propane tanks was empty this morning, so John went to get it filled while I did a quick stroll to grab bagels and check out the green market. There’s some great produce in this area. I found even more cool murals.

I started this journey totally enchanted with moveable bridges. That charm is…wearing thin. Today we travelled just over 25.5 miles and had to deal with 10 bridges. Eight of those bridges were restricted – they open at specific times when necessary. Two were on demand. No matter what, our forward movement is impacted.

I am also tired of very large boats with their very large wakes. This part of the ICW seems to be about conspicuous consumption. The wakes from these yachts rock Lailia.

Lake Boca Raton is a really wide spot on the ICW. On a beautiful Saturday (like today) it’s filled with all kinds of partying people on boats. There’s music blaring, people in the water, boats rafted up on each other.. as the day progresses the day-boaters start heading out. But until they do, it’s a huge outdoor party.

It makes me feel old and uncool, lol. We just played our own music and ate cheese.

This is actually a pretty protected anchorage which is great because very *snotty* weather is on its way. The winds are going to pick up and change direction a few times in the next few days. It’s doubtful that many day-boaters will be here tomorrow. We’ll be here with the other folks cruising the ICW. If it’s as protected as we think it is, we’ll probably ride out the yuck here.