After two sea days, we got off the boat and decided to take a random Shuttle service to our hotel in Fort Lauderdale. The price seemed reasonable and we were the only ones in a large Expedition, so that worked out better than Uber or renting a car. Once we got to the hotel, we decided to find a restaurant and headed toward the restaurant district. Our Uber driver took us on a slightly longer route for the same price to point out all the important sights - he had lived there since childhood. We found the restaurant but it looked too fancy so we just started walking down the street to find another one. I had booked a bay tour, so we needed to be done in time to find the boat which was docked nearby in one of the many canals. It started pouring rain, so we hastily decided on a Mexican restaurant. The food was a little pricey and not the "TexMex" our kids were used to (think fundido, not queso), but it hit the spot. The waiter explained everything to us in great detail as if this was the first time we had ever been to a Mexican restaurant in our lives: "A taco is a fried crispy tortilla with meat and lettuce and tomato and cheese." "Oh, like taco bell?" Anyway the food was good and then we headed to find the boat.
The tour was a privately operated boat with just us and two other people. I thin they did dinner cruises and you could bring your own drinks on board. The tour was through many of hte canals that make Fort Lauderdale the Venice of the US. Along the canals are the expensive homes and yachts of many famous people. Our guide pointed out the interesting homes and told stories of who lived there and how the homes were designed. It was relaxing and a nice way to wind down our vacation. After the tour we headed back to the hotel and got some fast food dinner. Our flight back to Austin leaves very early in the morning.
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