We started the morning with the good American breakfast at the marine.Eggs ,hash browns
( grated fried potato) and toast and coffee.at 9 am we slipped the lines and made our way across the Lake Okeechobee. It is a wide lake in fact we couldn't see land for most of it.The weather looked a bit ominous but the water was fairly calm ,about 1 to 2 ft. Suddenly we saw the most amazing rainbow in the sky.It was complete and very defined and bright. God,s wonderful handiwork on display! Our MJM boat companions Bob and Mary, had decided to try the outer rim of the lake. As the water depths were good. we ended up arriving at the same time at the lock which took us back into the Okechobee canal heading East. We heard stories that back in 2007 there was so little water that it was impossible to cross the lake and even Rolland Martin Marina was completely dry at their docks. We were just fine with at least 13 ft. Carried on towards Stuart , one more lock to do then arrived at Stuart around 2 pm. Our reason for stopping at Stuart was so we could catch up with Captain Dan who had led us through the boating course here nearly three years ago.We were able to dock the boat just in front of the huge one he was Captaining for a wealthy Californian owner.It was 115 ft, and made our boat look small!Dan had us come to look over the boat and later we had drinks on board.Interesting to see how some people like to travel ! We went for a walk into Stuart old historic area and found it a quaint little place with lots of interesting shops! Later we joined Dan and his girlfriend for dinner at Sailor's Return an excellent restaurant attached to our Sunset Bay Marina .
Over and out
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