Fort Lauderdale

Chris-380

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2000 380 Sundancer
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Went on a vacation, spent a couple nights in Fort L, went on a 7 day cruise and finished with 3 more nights in Fort L

gosh it was awesome, it rained quite a bit, but the boats everywhere were beautiful. We stayed at the Marina Hilton on 17th

was able to do some running and check out some of the boats also

the last pic is of a bunch of young women who took over our hotel pool, ended up being the USA women national soccer team.
Had a great time, looking forward to going back
 

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Went on a vacation, spent a couple nights in Fort L, went on a 7 day cruise and finished with 3 more nights in Fort L

gosh it was awesome, it rained quite a bit, but the boats everywhere were beautiful. We stayed at the Marina Hilton on 17th

was able to do some running and check out some of the boats also

the last pic is of a bunch of young women who took over our hotel pool, ended up being the USA women national soccer team.
Had a great time, looking forward to going back
Wife and I love that hotel. We’re heading back in April before we head to the Keys
 
The 400DA I bought fifteen years ago was slipped there in the canal between 15th and 16th streets. We were having dinner at Southport Raw Rar at the end of the canal reminiscing about looking at and buying the boat a couple of weeks ago at FLIBS.
Also there is a restaurant right at that loop over to 16th in your map called the Boatyard that is excellent.
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Those are some of the places we ate at!

Loved the raw bar, went there twice!

had a great meal at the boat yard, had Sunday brunch there iirc

alson enjoyed the 15th street fishery, great fried cheesecake dessert

Another place we liked was Kelly’s landing

here is a pic of the dessert (15st) and a burger I got from the boat yard

The 400DA I bought fifteen years ago was slipped there in the canal between 15th and 16th streets. We were having dinner at Southport Raw Rar at the end of the canal reminiscing about looking at and buying the boat a couple of weeks ago at FLIBS.
Also there is a restaurant right at that loop over to 16th in your map called the Boatyard that is excellent.
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Went on a vacation, spent a couple nights in Fort L, went on a 7 day cruise and finished with 3 more nights in Fort L

gosh it was awesome, it rained quite a bit, but the boats everywhere were beautiful. We stayed at the Marina Hilton on 17th

was able to do some running and check out some of the boats also

the last pic is of a bunch of young women who took over our hotel pool, ended up being the USA women national soccer team.
Had a great time, looking forward to going back

Listen, vacationing is nothing like living there. I grew up in Myami. Moved to Ft Lauderdale when I bought my first house. 20 years ago I moved to Chicago ( hold laughter) and lived in Barrington for those 20. Moved back to Treasure Coast 2 years ago.

South Florida is overrun by Latin Americans. Miami, we’ll let’s just say English is the 3rd language.

The traffic is as bad or worse than downtown Chicago.

Most people in Florida are from somewhere else so there is no traditional American culture like you find in the Midwest.

If you don’t like seafood, I’m sick of it having grown up fishing, diving for my own lobster, grouper and dolphin, you’re shit out of luck finding plenty of good restaurants. Cuban food…. I prefer home cooked because those restaurants have had to alter their menus to accommodate every Latin American country and Caribbean cuisine.

Yes, the water is beautiful, downtown is exciting, the babes all wear thongs and have great asses.

But it’s no longer Florida, nor America.
 

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