Friday October 19, 2012

Fort Lauderdale FL; 20km, 58m vertical climb

The first task today was to get hold of packaging for the bikes so we cycled to Ft Lauderdale airport to see if our airline for the return to Montreal had boxes. The first counter clerk said they no longer supplied them but fortunately the guy next to her contradicted her and went round the back to see if they had any. Luckily for us he found some so we paid for them and asked for them to be held there for pickup on tomorrow. That was our biggest problem solved so we rode back to town and moved our gear across the road to a much nicer hotel. We had to wait for a big thunderstorm to finish, then we set off to find a hardware store where we bought a roll of large strong plastic bags that will use for the rest of our luggage. With that job done we took a short break for a nice big ice cream and then set off to tour the harbour area. We rode up and down a series of parallel streets where the back gardens are separated by canals and each house has landing stage where the boats are moored. Some of the boats are bigger than some of the houses and no doubt cost a lot more.                    

The back lane

After we arrived back at the hotel TimB booked a van to takes us and the bikes to Miami airport in the morning via Ft Lauderdale airport to pick up the boxes. With that done we had the evening left for dinner at Ernie’s.    

Tim approaching a Monster

The Monster