We left the marina with ominous clouds and spitting rain to charge for more miles on the ICW. Outside talk was of 20 foot seas with storm conditions. That was a no brainer. We made our way to just past Peanut Island near a huge cruise ship turning basin with a view of the exit out to sea. We were on the hook. Chill out.
In the morning it was "do we stay another day or take off.?" Weather reports were still not impressive and we knew that the next stop was Fort Lauderdale. BUT there were 21 bridges to go through all requiring a tender to open them in their time schedule.
We decided to go for it.
Many nice homes along the ICW in Palm Beach.
You wonder where everyone from NYC goes when they come to Florida?
It must be here in high rise city.. 
As we leave one area in Palm Beach to another our AIS is going crazy the closer we get to Ft Lauderdale. The reason is there are many more mega yachts with their electronics still on broadcasting themselves as (docked) dangerous targets. It does not stop which only makes navigating more challenging for Charles. Turning off the AIS buzzing and keeping the boat lined up for a bridge can be difficult. He came through wonderfully.
This is the view from the bridge. Wall to wall mega yachts.
This is the view from the Nav Pod - so many targets they super impose on one another. Each triangle is a mega yacht. They are pretty dense here!
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