May 12 — Bridges and mansions and yachts galore

And multiples of Mile Marker numbers too. The Riviera Beach Marina has a terrific policy of texting slip numbers and directions into their marina on the morning of your arrival day. Wonderful….turn left at red MM 42. Slight hitch is that there is a MM 42 about 15 miles south of them. Turn left and you would disturb the sand in front of a lovely home. Arghhhh! We figured their was a typo in the text message, so dug out a book with a chart showing the marina location which definitely showed red MM 42. We finally turned to Google Earth and got directions 🙂

Let’s forget about those u-turns at MM42 and turn to the journey itself. The grandeur of many of the homes along the way is stunning in every sense of the word. Styles range from Spanish haciendas that could house a small village to modern structures that would make fine conference centers. Sprinkled amongst them are tiny homes awaiting the bulldozer I think. A mega-yacht was moored behind one of the more modest homes and we wondered if the owners lived aboard.

We’ve managed to get Cubs games via Apple TV. So you know how we spent this evening.  Go Cubs.