Once we were settled on the mooring ball in Ft. Lauderdale Beach, we dinghied over to check in at the marina. We found the doors locked and were comically informed by a French Canadian couple that had been on a mooring ball for three weeks, that the city workers pretty much make up their own hours, but the office was now closed for cleaning. They also informed us that the massive house on the corner with the spiral slide into the pool and the 165 foot yacht out front was Steven Spielberg's. After chatting with them for a while and the doors still being locked, we decided to take the dinghy through some of the canals to pass the time and continue to see how the other half live.
When we returned to the marina we were informed that the mooring ball fee there was the same price as docking up the New River. So why pay for a mooring ball with now power and no water. We still haven't washed the salt off the boat from our first day out.
For the second time today Ray put the dinghy back in place and we untied from the mooring ball that I guess we got a few hours free use out of. Hopefully the third time is the charm for today's trips. We put three more miles under the keel going up the New River to pump out first, then back tracking just a little bit to tie up at Slip 64. Just about the same place we were four years ago. The mega yachts still being towed in and out of this narrow river. What a sight to behold.
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