Making good use of time in Lake Worth

Wild Horses stayed until February 24th.  Roger and Adel helped us many times by including us in their shore excursion plans.  

The dinghy landing (Roger and Adel's dinghy) in North Lake Worth (North Palm Beach) near the PGA bridge just East of Federal (US 1). 

 We have become MVP members at Duffy's, a local sports grill.  We saw the AKC Westminster Dog Show Hound Group on one of their (30+?) televisions.  We saw Best in Show aboard Adel and Roger's boat.  On the day that we did our laundry, we bought all-day bus passes for $4 since it would have cost a minimum of $3 for just the bus ride get near the laundry and another $1 for a transfer to ride right to the laundry and back again.  We finished the laundry by 11:30 and hopped on the bus for an adventure for the rest of the day.  We traveled to West Palm Beach, got off downtown and found a place for lunch near the waterfront.  We walked a little after lunch and then boarded the free trolley to ride the full circuit to see the sights of West Palm Beach.

The fountain being beautified...

...and stopped up.

Adel and Roger

They'll let anyone in the park.... thank goodness.

On Wednesday the 23rd, I got a call from a long-time family friend, Bob Gardner and his wife Lauren from Smithtown and Boca Raton.  They had just arrived back in Boca Raton, got the message I had left on their answering machine and suggested we meet for lunch.  They wanted to see our boat and so we suggested we meet at Duffy's for lunch and then dinghy out for a visit.  Roger and Adel offered their dinghy and we insisted that they join us as well.

Jay, Bob, Barb and Lauren Gardner

It was a great, spontaneous visit and we were able to catch up on family news and swap tales.  They made a short stop to see Wild Horses and then came aboard Jupiter's Smile.  I think Lauren and Bob were very enthusiastic about the possibilities of cruising themselves.  We enjoy cruising because of visits like today's.