Skip & Barb joined Ricki & me on a short water taxi ride across Lake Worth to Peanut Island.
We walked to the marina next door to catch the 11:30 taxi to the island. It was crowded with over half the folks speaking in a foreign language. Most also had all the fixings for a picnic and day at the beach.
Our captain ... check out his name ... "Capt. Ron!" But we weren't scared.
Peanut Island is a very pretty place and very well kept.
This is a view from the island across the lake to Lake Worth Inlet to the Atlantic. Most folks going to the Bahamas in their own boat anchor in the lake then enter the ocean thru this inlet.
These huts are all over the place for picnicking. This one overlooks a little lagoon for snorkeling.
Our traveling companions.
The maritime museum is actually an old Coast Guard station. We went thru this as part of our bunker tour.
The entrance to the Kennedy Bunker.
This will give you the reasons for the bunker. The Kennedy's had a winter home just 1/4 mile from the island so this was built for their safety by the Sea Bees in just 2 weeks.
Several displays were inside. This corner was the sanitation supplies. They didn't use a toilet but this cardboard container instead.
Ricki has always had a "thing" for JFK and just had to sit where he had been.
Wonder which phone he used to call Marilyn!
Oops! Rumor has it she did come there on occasion.
The tunnel leaving the bunker along with Shorty, the guides' dog.
A view of the escape tube that was behind the desk in the previous photos.
More views of the island.
The island was actually formed with the spoils from dredging the channel. The name came from a peanut Barron who leased the island from the government to process his products but lost it all in the depression while still under construction of the facilities. There are 2 huge holes in the middle of the island where present and future dredging is deposited with the idea as the beaches wash away from storms they can be replaced with the sand deposited in the holes. Recycling at the government level!
Ricki & I had a late lunch when we returned at the Sailfish Resort & Marina where the taxi dropped us off.
A beautiful marina next to the one we are in but very pricey. We are paying over $102 bucks a night in this one and have heard that Sailfish is 50% higher.
Parties continue on the sandbar across from us.
Low tide starts mid afternoon so it is popular spot on the weekends.
You can see the tide range on this canal marker.
After spending some time at the pool, dinner was prepared by chef Huen on his boat.Tomorrow our plans will take us toward Jupiter. With a little luck we just may be somewhere close to Cocoa for the planned shuttle liftoff.
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