Maule Lake, Miami

Trip to Maule Lake

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We pull up anchor at 8:45 to catch the first bridge opening at 9:00 AM. Beautiful day back to warm and sunny . Linda enjoys sitting on the stern rail seats. We have a fairly short day to Maule Lake and a few bridges. Lots of wind and waves as we pass the Fort Lauderdale inlet, not many boats heading out on to the ocean today. 

 

Fort Lauderdale

A big power boat “Lumber One” passes us to get the next bridge south of the inlet, which opens at a specific time, no reason for him to rush we are all going to wait for the opening. As I approach him waiting at the bridge he starts backing up into the current and us. I wind up having to move ahead between him and the shore to move get ahead of him to have room to maneuver. We wind up being the first boat through the bridge. After that, I slow down and let him get way ahead of us so we don’t have a repeat at the next bridge. 

We get to Maule Lake around noontime. Maule Lake is a little off the beaten path and has few boats anchored. Maule Lake was a limestone quarry from way back when few people lived here and the land was not so valuable. I'm sure developers would love to fill it in and build more condos. Before we anchor, we head to Marina Palms Yacht Club for fuel, water and a pumpout. The dock hand was very helpful and we gave him a good tip. Maule Lake is noted for not having any shore access for anchored boats. I ask him if we could pay to tie up our dinghies and he offers us the gate combination and tells us where to tie up if we come in later after closing.

 

Maule Lake, pretty much to ourselves

We anchor and relax for a couple hours. Later in the afternoon we tour around in our dinghies to check out the area. We then head over to the marina and tie up our dinghies out of the way of any of the members boats, so no complaints come back to the dock hand. We walk up to West Marine and Plum Market. We then walk over to P.F. Chang’s for dinner. Then back to Plum Market for Keto Bars for desert. We head back to the boats for the night.

 

Mark and Karen