Land Ho! | Stretching Our Legs At Peck Lake

Sunrise at Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge

"We haven't been off of this boat in a week," I said as I did a few knee lunges and leg raises. "It's time to get out of here and find ourselves a place we can stretch our legs."

{There's a  big, fat lie in the paragraph above. Can you spot it? Yeah, I certainly wasn't doing anything remotely related to exercise when I mentioned needing to get off of the boat. The more likely scenario was that I was lounging on the settee eating chocolate at the time.}

After doing the splits and a backwards somersault, I added, "Besides, Trump is coming into town tomorrow and we have to get out of there because I think this anchorage is part of the security zones the Coast Guard sets up in West Palm Beach when he's at the winter white house."

Scott looked up from his Kindle and stared at me. I think he was amazed by my flexibility and ability to do gymnastic routines in such a small space.

{Time for another aside. Scott has completely brainwashed me into calling my Kindle his Kindle. He seems to have taken a liking to it and when I'm sleeping I think he plays a tape recording which has subliminal messages along the lines of, The Kindle belongs to Scott. It's his Kindle. You don't have a Kindle. You'd rather read paperback books than use a Kindle.}

"Yeah, you're right," he said as he closed up his Kindle and set it on the table. "Let's head up to North Lake Worth. Rumor has it that there's a spot you can land your dinghy at and walk into town in search of the Publix grocery store. We could probably use some more fresh fruit and vegies."

{Spot the lie there? What Scott really meant by "fresh fruit and vegies" was tonic water.}

"Okay, let's do it. Pull the anchor up and I'll expertly maneuver us around all of these super expensive powerboats in the anchorage without a care in the world."

{And the final lie...I was a bit panicked that I might hit one of the super expensive powerboats and made us wait for a while until some of them cleared out.}

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If you saw our previous post about the shortest cruise ever to the Bahamas, then you'll know that we're slowly making our way back to Indiantown Marina to haul out and deal with a few issues. We're not in a huge rush. We're happy to procrastinate boat projects for a while yet and enjoy a mini-cruise while we can.

We spent one night in North Lake Worth. It's a nice anchorage, but doesn't have the same appeal as where we had been anchored in West Palm Beach (small anchorage, well protected, great city view). We had gone there in hopes of going onshore, finding the nearest Publix and getting some fresh vegies and fruit. But the public docks were closed due to the Palm Beach Boat Show, so we had to rely on cookies, pretzels and beer for nutrition instead.

On our way to North Lake Worth, we checked out the big boats. You don't want to mess with these guys.

This one reminds me of when we got married 25 years ago in Copenhagen or København as it's spelled in Danish.

We have friends who've taken this cruise ship over to the Bahamas.

The Coast Guard out doing their thing, which fortunately didn't involve doing a training exercise and boarding our boat. Did you know that the Coast Guard can board any US flagged boat at any time, anywhere in the world without probable cause? I think the Coast Guard are awesome - they protect our borders and conduct search and rescue operations, but the fact that they can bypass the 4th Amendment perplexes me. {If you want to know more about the history behind this, I did a blog post about it a while back which you can find here.}

Fancy apartment buildings, condos and houses at our anchorage in North Lake Worth.

More super expensive homes on our way to Peck Lake.

And finally, anchored in Peck Lake and stretching our legs after a week on board.

Cruising Log | Thursday, 16 March 2017 - Monday, 20 March 2017

16 MARCH
Lots of powerboats staging for the Palm Beach Boat Show. Anchor up 12:30 PM. Anchor down 2:45 PM in North Lake Worth. Loud spring break party going on in house on shore. Nautical Miles = 8. Engine =  2 hrs 15 mins. Spending = Nil.

17 MARCH
Anchor up 8:15 AM. Briefly grounded coming out of North Lake Worth. The usual nonsense trying to make the bridge openings. Some bridge operators are fun - one sang "I love a parade" as three sailboats went under the bridge. Anchor down at Peck Lake at 12:45 PM. Some boats like to anchor really close. Went for a walk. Big wakes while off the boat. Stuff everywhere when we came back. Nautical Miles = 19. Engine = 4 hrs 30 mins. Spending = Nil.

18 MARCH
More walks. Much lazing about. Our dinghy may have a leak. {Sigh} Nautical Miles = Nil. Engine =  Nil. Spending = Nil.

19 MARCH 
More walks. Lazed about. Baked yummy treats to counteract calorie loss from walking. Very gusty overnight. Nautical Miles = Nil. Engine =  Nil. Spending = Nil.

20 MARCH
Much quieter anchorage during the week. Solar controller still acting up. The disarray with our solar array continues. Nautical Miles = Nil. Engine =  Nil. Spending = Nil.

Could you stay on a boat for seven days without going onshore? What's the longest you've ever been housebound or boatbound?

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