SATURDAY 11/10/2012 DAN FLIES TO VERMONT AND WE EXPLORE FORT LAUDERDALE

 

After Dan got his gear ready we headed to Stuart for breakfast at the Osceola Café right here in Stuart. What a good find! They make their own breads daily and all was yummy.

JUDY, CHARLENE AND RICHARD AT THE OSCEOLA CAFE

Charlene informed me that Osceola (1804-1838) played a huge part in the Second Seminole War when he led Seminole Warriors rebelling against their forced relocation from their lands by the United States.  Osceola was born Billy Powel to a British father and Creek mother.  By the way, any of you Carl Hiaasan readers can find an abbreviated accounting of his capture in his novel Nature Girl.

We made the hour and half drive to Fort Lauderdale, dropped Dan off at the airport and set off to stroll down  the lovely Las Olas Boulevard.  ( http://www.lasolasboulevard.com/)  No rest for us wicked!  Incoming phone call from Dan--------“Didn’t make the flight, come get me so I can play too!!”  Everything is so close here that we soon had Dan in tow and were back by the New River having lunch at rok brgr, one of our favorites.  Check out their menu and note all the wild burgers they offer.  :// http www.rokbrgr.com/eat/ft-lauderdale-menu/

THE LAS OLAS ELEPHANT SLOWLY BOBS HIS HEAD
AT RICHARD AND CHARLENE

YEP!  THIS DOG IS CARRYING THE TRAY OF
 COFFEE CUPS DOWN LOS OLAS BLVD.

THE TEAM AT ROK BRGR

NOW THAT'S SOME BURGER

We also had the opportunity to visit the new West Marine here in FLL and, wow, it is gigantic.  It proved a fortuitous visit for us as the Garmin 441s that we had been looking for to install in the tender was on a great sale.  We snapped that up right and Dan will install it when he returns.

It was back to the airport once again, boot  Dan off for his next possible flight then on with our drive back up to Stuart.  Richard and Charlene now have the Fort Lauderdale area down-pat and they will have no problem getting around when they come here tomorrow for a couple of days before flying back to California.

GIVING DAN THE BOOT!