Day 54 – Hollywood

Not the California Hollywood, but Florida.  Hollywood is a little south of Ft. Lauderdale.  It has a great beach that goes on and on and has a boardwalk type atmosphere with restaurants, shops and bars all along it.  We do have a day off from riding tomorrow to check things out.  We went to a taco place for dinner tonight and after eating, we all went to take a little stroll on the beach.  It was dark, but there was a lot going on.  It is amazing how warm the water is.  I get California beaches in my mind and these waters here are so much warmer.

We had a pretty big ride today.  We rode 85 miles and went through some pretty amazing places. We went  through a string of beaches today;  Juno, Riviera, Palm, South Palm, Highland, Boca Raton, Hillsboro, Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood Beaches.  We rode through places that had more mansions than I have seen in all my life.  The architecture of the buildings and the landscaping is amazing. Some of the lawns were the same grass and mowed the same as a green on a golf course.  I don’t know what that is all about.  Come to think of it, there was a road called PGA Blvd. and I wonder if that is where all the golf course grass was.  I was looking for a place to get a soda and a bag of chips to go with my lunch at lunchtime and there were no stores for miles and miles.  It was so odd.  I guess the real estate must be so expensive, that a store in these areas juts wouldn’t work, or the areas might not allow for that type of building to be there. I finally found the store and just about waited too long to get something in my stomach.  I was really running out of gas.

We also saw some pretty amazing boats.  This area not only has the ocean, but they have put canals in to connect all the lagoons and lakes all down the coast to allow boats and marinas to be inland as well.  I would really like to go aboard some of these yachts and take a look, but I resisted the temptation to jump aboard.  It probably would have ended up a quick end to the trip.

I don't know what is up with the internet connection tonight, but I can't upload any pictures.  I will post some tomorrow.  Goodnight all!