Our trip across Lake Okeechobee was a new experience.  There are two locks before you get to the lake.  The first one takes you up 13 to 15 feet.  The wind came across the lake from the Northwest; building 1 to 2 foot waves. We took the route across the lake virus the South rim route. The water is the color of coffee with a drop of cream, nasty!
FYI,  Lake Okeechobee is the second largest fresh water lake in the USA.
We had lunch at the Tiki Bar in  Clewiston on the South central side of the lake. ( Three years ago on a  road trip from Marathon to Tampa we had stopped here to see what was on the other side of the dikes.  Now we were in a different mode of travel.)  Food was good, fish and chops and coconut shrimp, yummy!
On to our anchorage in a pastoral setting, there was cattle on both sides,  in a canal that lead to an old sand quarry that was 38 feet deep. We relaxed with a glass of wine and were joined by friends, see picture.  The moon was full and the quiet was something we have not experienced in some time.  The temperature overnight was 54 degrees and no heat inside the boat.
Friday we got underway and did the three locks on the West side of the lake and into the Caloosahathee River and into Fort Myers and the Fort Myers Yacht Basin by 1:30 P.M.
It was nice to shower and relax in the sunshine, 80 degrees, and a warmer night.