Have I mentioned the fun?

Our time in Dinner Key was spent exploring and getting chores done.  Thursday night was exceptionally fun with Linda and Jeff.
On Friday we released from the mooring ball shortly after 8:00 a.m. with the other two vessels not too far behind us.  It was almost a five hour travel day to go 25 miles, one because of waiting for bridges to be opened, and two because of the slow speed zones through much of Miami.  There is plenty to see though.  That is why we stopped in Hollywood, just north of Miami and south of Ft. Lauderdale.  It is an area we have always admired while passing through, and we want to try to do different things on this trip.  Therefore, we are going to skip stopping at Ft. Lauderdale this time.
Friday evening we went to Saloon LeTub, which is a wreck of a hole on the side of the ICW, but were told it was made famous by Oprah Winfrey promoting it.  It was a terrific burger and perfect atmosphere for us with Mike and Twyla.  Linda seems to still be recouperating from last night.
Mike is in need of a new anchor chain since his broke back in Tarpon Basin, now known to us as Tampon Basin for funny auto-correct reasons, so we decided to rent a car and split the cost among us three couples.
Some of us went on a hunt for this specific chain on Saturday morning, which lasted into the afternoon, but alas we found it at the last place we thought Mike would want to buy it.  It all worked out well in the long run.  We got a few supplies too.
Late in the afternoon we biked over to the Hollywood Broadwalk on the beach.  We were supposed to search out a cool place for the evening and the others would drive over and join us.  It was way too touristy for us, so we ended up back at Capone's Flicker Lite next door to Saloon LeTub.  They had good pizza, but it was no Mellow Mushroom.
Sunday morning the girls took the car to Walmart to stock up on supplies, then the guys went back to the marines stores.  After that we dinghied north to Dania Beach.  There we found a very nice marina that we might want to stop at on the way down. Linda and Jeff's dog Mollie had so much fun in the water it was comical.  She is a chocolate lab that splashes in the water and digs holes.  They said she would do that for hours.  Their other dog Snickers wasn't as enthusiastic.  They are the most well behaved dogs we have ever seen.  We have yet to ever hear Mollie bark, and Snickers only yips on a rare occassion when he doesn't like something.  It is amazing to observe them behaving so well even when other dogs around are barking.

Some of the sights while exploring near Dinner Key.

Some of the funniness from Thursday night.

"Sunset" from Saloon LeTub between the storm clouds.  We only got a couple drops of rain.