Cruising Through Lake Okeechobee, FL 2/6-9/06

We've all seen that large lake in the middle of Southern Florida called Lake Okeechobee – It's about 25 to 35 miles across. From Fort Myers we took the Caloosahatchee River to Lake Okeechobee. We passed some of the prettiest scenery we have seen so far. We are surprised that we had not heard about the unusual beauty of this area. When you are out of the city it is a lot of wilderness and farms on the river. We saw birds, turtles, horses, cows, flying fish and believe it or not a CAMEL.

We went through last 5 locks, for a while, during this stretch at least until we are in New York.

We came out on the east coast of Florida at Stuart spent one night on a mooring ball and then headed south, on the ICW south, to Lake Worth. We are spending a week here at the Riviera Beach Marina awaiting good weather so that we can cross over to the Abacos Islands.