Stuart and Palm Beach Gardens

How not to dock your boat. He had only 1 engine.
Felt sorry for him, but still funny.

I really have to post more often. It gets too hard to remember what we did and where that was. Downloading the pictures from the camera helps.

First, HAPPY  ST PATRICKS Day!

So pretty

The bridge at Stuart is lighted at night and such a wonderful sight.

We decided to go into historical Stuart, which required a bicycle ride over that wonderful bridge. Not so wonderful on the up side of the bridge, had to walk up, but then the downside was fun. We paddled around getting the feel of Stuart. They have some very pretty statues and fountains in the middle of their traffic circles. While Stuart was originally renowned for their pineapple production, it changed to become the sail fish capital.

Sailfish fountain in traffic circle

We had lunch out in a restaurant that had no windows. The restaurant was open to the street. We were inside, sheltered from the sun, but still enjoying the out of doors. Peter thought I should strike a pose like one of the girls in the Amsterdam Red Light District. That man faces disappointment in so many ways.

OK some red light ladies are not creative.
Sitting at table is limiting.

We visited their museum. No charge, and the volunteers are so enthusiastic, knowledgable, and well informed. We learned that Frances Langford had a restaurant 4 miles away in Jensen Beach. She is very popular in this area also. We became aware of Frances Langford in the North Channel. She was married to Ralph Evinrude and had a luxury yacht, "The Chanticleer". They had a small cottage in "The Pool" at the end of Bay Finn, when they went to the cottage, the boat would be plugged into the cottage to provide power. She passed away in 2005.

Frances Langford and Bob Hope

She was a movie star most famous for all the charitable work during World War II and entertaining the troops overseas with Bob Hope's USO Tours. She appeared in 28 films.

Her local restaurant was called "The Outrigger" It has since been sold and is now called the Dolphin Bar and Shrimp House. They have lots of pictures of Frances Langford around the restaurant. Frances Langford, 1913 - 2005.

Cheryl & Peter at Dolphin Bar

The next day we rode the bikes the 4 plus miles to the restaurant for lunch. Good lunch, and the restaurant overlooks the ICW.  It is a memory lane.

Well this blog was delayed for several hours as we moved the boat from Palm Beach Gardens to Lantana. Turned out to be not one of our better ideas, but more on that shortly.

Palm Beach Gardens Loggerhead Marina is a great marina. Well protected and just off the ICW. Staff are friendly and helpful. Jay came to catch our lines and was quite impressed as Peter brought the boat in so well. He said if everyone docked like that; he wouldn't be needed.

Peter tricked me again! Let's go for a bike ride to Publix, he said. Now on the map it was to be only 2 miles away. We got over the bridge and on a road that paralleled the ocean. Great ride, unfortunately if you missed the one road on the left that took you back to A1A you were in for a very long ride to Jupiter - 12.5 miles away.

The Pubix was in a mall  that had 2 hairdressing shops. I got my locks under control, and this hairdresser sure knew what she was doing. She did her best to correct the hair cut I had in South Carolina. She said it will probably take one or 2 more cuts to get over that bad one. Looks much better, and feels better.

Had lunch at a Boston Market which is very different than what we were accustomed to. Very good chicken lunch. As it was a late lunch, warned Peter that there would be no dinner tonight. Perhaps something light like crackers and cheese.

Trying to be aero dynamic against the wind.

Now for the 12.5 mile ride back. Few shade trees and the temperatures very warm. Warm enough, that you hated to stop riding. and the last mile or so was into the wind. The hardest part of the entire ride. Good to get back to the boat and share a nice cold beer.

Weather didn't look good for Sunday. We decided to stay another day in Pam Beach Gardens. You just don't want to be on the ICW on the weekend if you don't have to ....... and we didn't have to.

Weather looks questionable for Monday travel. Small Craft warnings, and Hazardous Weather Warnings. We will wait till morning and decide whether to travel.

Just stopped in for an estimate. She laughed and laughed.

Have decided dolphins are basically shy animals.
They are so hard to photograph. By the time you see them and get your camera ..... they are gone.