Fort Lauderdale to Riviera Beach City Marina

(Friday Feb 25 - Dist: 51.7 mi; Avg Speed: 6.8 mph; TTT: 8:15 hrs)

We were actually sad to leave Fort Lauderdale after our week stay there.   We left behind beautiful and unique yachts and mega-yachts and the mansions which lined the canals.  As you can tell there is no shortage of photo opportunities and trust me the photos that were
taken are only a fraction of what we saw....and what we saw was only a fraction of what is there.

The trip to Riviera Beach near West Palm was slow; numerous Manatee zones, no wake zones and bridges.  Even though we were able to clear 75% of the bridges, we still had to have 6-7 opened for us.  Most of the bridges opened on a schedule so that once you cleared a bridge, the timing was such that the others would be near ready to open when you arrived. 
As we neared West Palm on Lake Worth we again saw numerous condo buildings and a marina full of yachts.  Riviera Beach City Marina on the other hand was a rather dumpy looking working marina with a number of fishing charters, dive boats, excursion boats and tugs.  The redeeming factors were its reasonable price, good Tiki bar and restaurant and proximity to the Lake Worth Inlet which would get us to the ocean.  Unfortunately, or fortunately, I discovered that we did not take any photos. 

We ended up stating here for four days and completed our provisioning for the trip to the Bahamas.  The highlight of our stay was visiting with Rick and Lynne, friends from our Ottawa days.

I will add a few more photos from the day's trip along the ICW.