Author: Bryce

4/10/09

On a mooring ball in Lake Worth, near Peanut Island

Lake Okeechobee was really, really rough with just short choppy waves one after another. We saw the boat windows getting soaked with muddy brown lake water, that didn't look too

fresh to me. Cousin Bryant and I played war the whole time, water dripped onto our cards through the closed window it was so rough. But finally we made it across the lake to the lock at Port Mayakka. It is hard to believe it is a lake. Here is a picture taken through the windshield of the boat, it was not raining, all the water is from the waves.

A lock is sort of like a dam, that lets the water level go up and down. The middle of Florida is higher than the edges, so when you are in the locks your boat goes up or down like you are in an elevator. Port Mayakka lock has the biggest water drop, 12 feet.

We spent that night at Peck Lake, which is not really a lake more like an inlet. Then we took the dinghy to a path on shore that leads to a beach on the Atlantic Ocean. We played in the surf and the waves were so huge that one slammed me down on my foot and I sprained my ankle. Even though I hurt my foot I still had a blast.

The next day we went down the Intercoastal Waterway to Lake Worth where we are anchored now. We passed a whole bunch celebrity's grand homes. They had huge, beautiful, elegant yards with their own private beaches. Lots of them had megayachts tied up to their docks. We think we saw Jack Nicholas', Tiger Woods and Greg Norman's houses.

We fished off the dock at one of the marinas near here and Bryant FINALLY caught a fish. He caught a parrot fish and unknown type of fish. Not even my dad knew what it was. We also saw a fish that resembeled a beaver. It had a big round tail.

Then Bryant's mom drove from Fort Myers and picked him up. He was a blast to have on the boat and I wish he could come to the Bahamas with us.

Tomorrow we are planning to cross the gulf stream to the Bahamas.