The day began with rain.

This sweetie, Asa Seki Alexander, is the reason we are moving north.  We are going to San Francisco to
meet  our newest grandson, Asa, at the end of March, flying out of Atlanta.  I can't wait to hold him.  E. B. White said in Stuart Little:  "...the way the back of a baby's neck smells if its mother keeps it tidy..." is one of the most important things in the world. I agree with Stuart, and I want to get that smell.

We woke to a grey and rainy day in Ft. Lauderdale.  We have not had many of those on this trip.  So we took it easy, reading the paper, having grits for breakfast, and working on the grocery list.  After lunch the rain gave out, and we took the trolley to Publix with Mark and Vicki Hill from Blue Willow.  We were all glad to get outside.  The trolley is just $1.00 and goes all around the beach community.  For $3.00 you can buy an all day pass.  What a great idea for a tourist community!

Now we are back on Aunt Aggie, the sun is out, and I have put together beef stroganoff in the crock pot.  We like to use the crock pot when we are at a marina.  It's a quiet day in Lake Wobegone.
Tomorrow we will move north to Lantana and anchor out.

Here is the view from our cockpit.  Boats continually parade past, going under the Las Olas Bridge.
The bridge opens twice an hour.

Here is one of many boats that drove up the ICW today near our marina.

The bridge is open to let the boat pictured above go through.  Boats needing more than 24 feet of clearance wait for the opening.