The ferry captain saw our bikes and confronted me in the waiting area at the ferry station. He told me it is a small ferry and he didn't like having bikes onboard let alone ours with all of the touring gear. He was a total jerk about it, offered no apologies or any other solutions. He just flat out said that he would not allow touring bikes on his boat.

Yes we sent ACA an email about the issue. Not sure what became of that. It was a huge pain. Like I said we tried to find any other option, but we ended up renting a car and driving all of the way to Ft. Lauderdale that night. We didn't get into our campground till about 2 AM. It was a crazy turn of events, but hey, that is the adventure in some tours.