12/12/09 Hello from sunny Ft. Lauderdale. Warm and wonderful! We arrived yesterday after going under 4 more bridges (we did 5 bridges the day before in seven miles). The bridges all have timed openings that sometimes we were able to make, sometimes not and we would go around in circles for 30 minutes. One of the bridges was stuck in the down position, so we did a pier side pit stop that involved a couple of Margueritas. We were lucky enough to pick up a mooring in Ft. Lauderdale outside the Las Olas Bridge at a municipal marina at a decent rate. We will hang here until we are ready and the weather suitable for our crossing. We are looking forward to a Christmas boat parade tonight. We have a ring side seat. I will send pictures.