November 29. It was time to get going again, so today was the day. We slipped the mooring at 0900 and headed in to the marina’s dock. We paid for the mooring and topped off the water tank.

Then it was back through the 3 bridges and down the Saint Lucie River towards the ICW. We had a 30 mile day planned to the anchorage in Lake Worth.

After we left the St Lucie River, today’s trip included 5 drawbridges and one of my favorite sections of the ICW, Hobe Sound. It’s either Hobie, Hob or Houghb Sound. I’m not sure how it’s pronounced as I’ve heard all 3 versions. Any way you call it, it’s still beautiful. We’ve seen bigger, fancier homes but there’s just something about this stretch of waterway. One house is in complete contrast with the next while others compliment each other and yet they all blend into a very special neighborhood. Even the water here is an extraordinary shade
of light aqua green. It’s probably from the money oozing out of the properties. There are Banyon trees and backyard white sand beaches. There’s even one house that has a bubbling brook (probably Perrier) that runs the length of the backyard and ends in a waterfall into the river.

If you maintain a speed of about 6 knots you can make one bridge after another as they open at their scheduled times. Of course we had something a little different happen. When we got to one of the bridges we were informed that the bridge would be a little late going up. So this pretty much screws any chance of us making the next bridge, so we’ll end up sitting there for at least a half hour.

The bridge keeper tells us that a drunk bicyclist has passed out on the bridge and won’t move off the bridge. The bridge tender has to leave his block house, walk down and run the guy off so the bridge can be raised. If its not one thing it’s another……..

The anchorage in Lake Worth is fairly empty so getting a prime spot was easy. We’ll be here for a couple of days as the dogs have grooming appointments scheduled and then we’ll stay here and sit out the Florida weekend madness.