January 24, 2011

We are rounding out our time here in Lake Worth. We will start heading South today. We probably won't get that far, but if we can get a few bridges out of the way it will make a world of difference. There are 22 bridges we have to go through just to get to Ft. Lauderdale, and that doesn't include the 4 that we will have to go through to get to Lauderdale Marine Center where we will have the sea trial. I don't mind the bridges so much, but it does make a short distance of travel, take a while.
We have had a great week hanging out with Marsha and Barry, and the weather has been beautiful for both boat chores and hanging out by the pool. Yesterday, Marsha and I took the kids over to "The Breakers Resort" on Palm Beach...whoa....is all I have to say! It is like an adults Disney World, everything seems too nice to be real. We were invited guests of a friend of Marsha and Barry's, so we got to spend the day at the pool. It was surreal. If we used a towel, it was immediately replaced with a dry one by one of the pool attendants, and at least every 10-15 mins someone was asking us if we needed anything. I have never had such treatment before, I don't think I have ever said "thank you" so much in one day, there were just so many people who were catering to us and so many people to thank for their services.
While we were in Disney World my camera took a spill off of the stroller and my new lens suffered a little. It was still working, but there is a piece on the side where you switch the lens from manual focus to auto focus that popped right off. I have not used my camera since, but luckily there is a camera shop in Ft Lauderdale that does in house repairs, and I am hoping they can fix it. Every other camera shop sends repairs out. It looks like the piece will just snaps right back on, but I am not risking trying to do it myself. There are too many working parts in the lens that I don't want to screw up. I do still have my other lenses, and I put one of  my old lens on to take some pictures at "The Breakers",  but of course, I forgot an SD card....so no pictures of living the high life!