After a couple of rather warm and busy days, the boat is all put away for the summer. It looks quite naked with no sails on and none of our 'stuff' all over the deck. But it's tucked in behind a bridge and in the shelter of a huge condo way up the New River so fingers crossed that it stays safe and sound until we return in the fall.
We've had fun exploring Fort Lauderdale, what a consumption Mecca this is! Big houses, big boats, big cars - the economic crisis doesn't seem to have made it here.
The beach is lovely. It's one with a walkway in front and the condos / hotels across the street rather than the big buildings blocking your view of the sea. The whole place is riddled with canals (I guess so everyone has an individual parking spot for their yacht rather than having to keep it in a marina) and each canal is lined with gorgeous houses. Lots of great places to walk, with really good views for beaky people along the way.
We were up in time for the sunrise this morning and were having breakfast overlooking the beach as it came up. Still had a bit more to do on the boat so we went over there for a bit to wrap things up until it got too hot to do anymore. We decided at that point we were done and we weren't going to do any more!
My camera is on the fritz so we stopped in at Wolf Camera to find out what is causing it to focus and focus and focus, but not take any pictures. This is a desperation situation because tomorrow we leave to go up north to see the US family and I must take at least 100 pictures while I am there or it won't be a proper visit! A very knowledgeable guy at Wolf diagnosed a problem with the lens and told me I could use the camera and lens manually. At which point, I demonstrated my total lack of camera knowledge and asked, "Uh, how do I use it manually?" I know, my ignorance is sad but true - and today, embarrassing!
Tonight is a last dinner out in Fort Lauderdale and tomorrow we fly up to Boston. Checked weather.com and it looks like 60 degrees and rainy - should get us all primed for the north of England!
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