| And, here's our site...right
across the dock from the New River itself. Some of the mega-yachts
that went by seemed to be as wide as the river itself. |
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In the distance we could watch planes landing at Ft Lauderdale
airport. Occassionally the planes used the alternate, "cross-winds",
runway which flew directly over our site. They were so low on those
nights we could see the landing lights thru the vent cover in our bedroom.
Let's not even relive the noise...no sleep those nights. The first
time it happened, we thought a plane was crashing into our campground.
We figured it out quickly enough, however, when more planes flew in about
every 3-5 minutes. |
| Paddling the New River in Ft Lauderdale.
For an urban paddle, it's still beautiful. Sailboats, large iguanas,
wild parrots...On this day we paddled the three miles from campground to
downtown Ft Lauderdale and our new condo. |
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The first day of Fleet Week brought all the big "boats"
thru the port. We made it to the jetty to see the last one.
An amphibous transport ship (I believe). They had a full escort -
Coast Guard boats and helicopters, harbor pilots, marine patrol, and the
like. |
| All of those little white sticks are our
men-in-uniform standing at attention during the long tow into port.
Impressive site. |
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Finally got a good picture of the Thunderbirds at the
Air & Sea Show this year. |
| The beaches weren't as crowded this year.
Usually you can't even see the sand for the large numbers of people strewn
about. |
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Our new condo - the building in the middle of the picture.
This picture was taken several months ago which is why you can still see
the exterior elevator. It's more completed now, eventhough not entirely. |
| Here's another angle of our building. |
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Two of our smallest visitors - Emma & Kristen.
Congratulations to Rod & Natalie on their new addition to the family. |
| Our very first sunset. We never got
to watch the sunset on the horizon at our home in Boca. This is the
great thing about our west view. |
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Our fourth sunset. Thought this was pretty watching
the sun set into the clouds. We also get to watch alot of the storms
- which come in from the west. |
