Leaving Ft. Lauderdale heading to Miami

A week before Christmas, we left the glitz and glamour of downtown Fort Lauderdale to head down the waterway to Miami. here Capt. John is working with the GPS and Skymate hoping to get more accurate position updates for those of you following us. Sadly, he was not able to hook them together--that will have to be one of those things we work on farther south.

Heading out of Fort Lauderdale we passed some mighty nice cruise ships.

Here Penny is steering down the canal in Fort Lauderdale.

While still in the city, it's strange motoring between the tall buildings.

And even if you are viewing this blog to see and read about sailing, we're adding these pictures of the beautiful buildings and . . .

And the oh-so-tall buildings.

Finally the canal opened up and we motored on to Miami.

Here's a Miami building.

The MetLife Blimp hovered for what we don't know.

We anchored across the bay from downtown Miami just off the Rickenbacker Causeway in the Marine Stadium near Miami's SeaWorld. It was a quiet place except for the occasional seaplane taking off beside the boat.

Also, we had this fantastic view of the Miami skyline

Another seaplane takes off just about the time we took off for the Keys.

Ahhh--Christmas in the Florida Keys. Do I hear Jimmy Buffet playing holiday tunes in the background?