Staying at the Oleta cabin worked out great. Any future paddlers should ask for cabin #1 since it is the closest to the launch and right next to the bath house.
When I launched around 0800 this morning there was no wind and the sun was already warming things up. Here is the launch site near the cabin and the bay I left from. 
What a great way to start the day. After rounding the point and getting about a mile north I entered “city paddling” and the rest of the day was pretty close to what’s in this picture. 
Not a lot of boat traffic which was good. One guy came flying by in a big speedboat that was probably around 35 feet. He threw a huge wake that I had to deal with for the next 15 minutes since the wake was rebounding off sea walls on both sides of the ICW. I can only imagine if there were a bunch of these nuts out there. I did have to cross Port Everglades where there were a lot more freighters than what I saw in Miami. 
With low boat/ship traffic it was not an issue. I thought I had seen mega yachts in Miami. Boy was I wrong. When I crossed over into Ft. Lauderdale I was amazed at some of the yachts I passed. Here are just a few. 
The pictures don’t do justice for these ships.
I got to today’s destination in Ft. Lauderdale at 1300 and gave Erika a call. Erika was paddling with us in the Keys as I mentioned in a previous post. I’m spending the night in her condo and will be back on the water in the morning.
That’s it for another great paddling day.
Did you feel really small paddling past those huge ships? But I bet you thought .. ” those poor suckers have a lot of baggage to carry around ” LOL LOL , it’s really all about simplicity ,independence and self reliance. You have it all bro !!! See you soon !! Xoxo