Dec. 29 – Bridges, Bridges, Bridges

Marine Stadium – Anchorage

"In today's rush we all think too much, seek too much, want too much and forget about the joy of the just being." - Eckhart Tolle

Bridges, bridges, bridges...today was all about bridges. We traveled 72 miles between Palm Beach and our anchorage in Miami and we went under 34 bridges. Sometimes it pays to be a smaller boat, by removing the isinglass and lowering the bimini we were able to get down to 12'. That meant we only had to have two bridges open for us to pass under, although our timing was pretty close to most of the bridge opening times. Three of the bridges were very close, very VERY close, we felt like we had to duck as we went under (see pictures below).

We're a slow boat, but today slow and steady (and short) proved to be quicker than the large faster boats. Today the tortoise won the race. We definitely couldn't have covered as much ground today if we had been in our Hatteras.

Here are a few of the more interesting bridges we saw today. The first one is Ocean Ave. Bridge in Ocean Ridge.

S.E. 15th in Boynton Beach

George Bush Ave. Bridge near Delray Beach

Atlantic Ave. Bridge in Delray Beach

Linton Blvd. Bridge in Delray Beach

Spanish River Bridge near Boca Raton

Palmetto Park Bridge in Boca Raton

Camino Real Bridge in Boca Raton

Hillsboro Bridge near Hillsboro Beach

We had three low bridges in a row, the was the 14th Street Bridge near Pompano Beach

The second on was Atlantic Blvd. in Pompano Beach

The third one was Commercial Blvd. in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea

17th Street Bridge in Fort Lauderdale 

Port Everglades near Fort Lauderdale

Hollywood Blvd. Bridge in Hollywood

Venetian Causeway Bridge, MacArthur Causeway and the Dodge Island Bridges...all located in Miami

Venetian Causeway Bridge in Miami (always open at this time)

Miami skyline from our anchorage