Peck Lake to Lake Boca

The first day out of Stuart was a short one since we said our goodbyes, added diesel, water and got rid of the stuff we didn't want on board anymore (you know, pump out!).  So it was a short motor down to Peck Lake, a nice place to stop and if we had the ambition, a pretty beach to visit.  But, this was only going to be a one night affair so Dingh-go stay on the platform.

We didn't have the place to ourselves and one interesting vessel to come in was Dyad, a Crowther 48' Expedition motor yacht.  Wow!  We actually think we saw this boat at Main Duck Island, up on Lake Ontario a couple of times.......

Dyad at anchor

Now we come to what is not so pretty on the Florida waterways.......

It is sad to see half sunken boats, anchorage areas taken up by dilapidated vessels of all types just laying around waiting for the next hurricane.  And this is in a state that is the most tropical of all our states.  One would think the state and local governments would appropriate funding to make Florida the most pristine of all 50!  These pictures were taken in Jupiter, the same city that has a beautiful lighthouse just around the bend from this!

But onwards.........enough soapbox preaching........nobody listens anyways and Christmas is just around the corner!

We decided to keep moving to Lake Boca yesterday after we made it to Lake Worth so fast and as the wind increased against us, the bridge tenders kept us bottled up longer that we wanted I kept thinking of the old war movie......"A Bridge too far".  Yep, the last 4-5 miles to Lake Boca ended up in the dark and we did the final two bridges in no light.  That was a first and trust us, it is more fun to motor up the ICW with light.  But Nati has "eagle eye" Anne on board so we made it into the anchorage and dropped the hook in 9 feet of water for a long 48nm trip.

Tomorrow we will be in Ft Lauderdale.