ONE BRIDGE, TWO BRIDGE, RED BRIDGE, BLUE BRIDGE

Dr. Seuss’ book One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish has always been one of my favorites. When we visit 41North in Newport there always seems to be a copy of it in our room. I really don’t know why, I’m sure it’s just a coincidence, but it’s always a welcome sight. 

So as we began to prepare for the day’s trek down the ICW from West Palm Beach to Fort Lauderdale knowing we would have to navigate and time our way through 19 Bascule Bridges, this counting rhyme kept popping up. 

One bridge Two bridge Red bridge Blue bridge.

Number 2 Bridge, the Southern Blvd. Bascule Bridge is under construction. The bridge didn’t look as if it had raised up all the way to accommodate our 60’ mast. With fear and trepidation we passed under it with some clearance. 

The Lake Worth Avenue Bridge was an easy pass. No waiting, no hassles. Our day was going very well. This was bridge #4.

Bridge #13 seemed to be red. And was in the open position because it was under construction. 

This blue bridge is the George Bush Blvd Bridge. It was Bridge # 8.

Black bridge New bridge Old bridge New bridge.

A pretty blue bridge-Bridge #7 Woolbright ascuke Bridge. 

We didn’t have to wait for the published bridge opening time because the Barge has priority and we were able to slip through after. There was a lot of other traffic here too. A paddle boarder, a waterway vessel and dockside a M/V named Glaze that we see docked at Bannisters Wharf in Newport in the summer. 

This one  has a little iguana. And the next one  is named Lantana.

Look closely in the middle-the iguana blends in nicely with the tan bridge. 

We plan to anchor here in the spring and dinghy in to have dinner at The Old Key Lime House located at Lantana Bridge #5. 

Say! What a lot

Of bridges there are.

In two days we passed through 20 bridges. 

It was a memorable day, and a LONG day of timing and navigating bridges. We had Perrin with us so I was able to scurry around the boat, take pictures of the ICW and the bridges and keep track of the distance between each one. David and Perrin did all of the driving and navigating. The weather was perfect, and we found a beautiful anchor spot for the night just north of Fort Lauderdale. 

Sunset Lake Fort Worth. Million dollar homes all around us! 

The next day we finished our tour of the bridges and found a lovely place to anchor in Lake Sylvia. 

It has easy access to lots of amenities a Raw Bar (but they don’t deliver like in Cuttyhunk-we rode our dinghy over and tied up there for free if we ate there. Which we did!) The only problem was that you had to practically lay down in the dinghy to get under the small bridges over the canals. 

A view from “The Raw Bar” looking down one of the many canals. 

We met a fellow cruiser,  Bill Ouelette and his wife Tina on OUR LOG, a Beneteau 40 with a similar draft and mast height who offered to be a boat buddy to Miami and Marathon. 

Sunset in Lake Sylvia. The next day we would travel in the Atlantic Ocean to Miami. 

From there to here, from here to there, Funny things are everywhere.