The day after fixing the diesel, we readied Holiday to start moving north again. After nearly two months in the Bahamas and hurricane season looming, we were ready to start making our way back toward the US. But first, we decided to head to a Cay in the Exumas...
Stuff We Do
Cruising and the like
George Town and Elizabeth Harbour in May
Leaving Lee Stocking Island through Rat Cay Cut, we exited the Banks side back into the Exuma Sound. The area from Lee Stocking all the way back up to Black Point had looked beautiful, but we decided to spend more time there and make more stops on the way...
Exumas: The First Half
We waited and waited at Palm Cay Marina near Nassau while the wind howled (mostly 20-25 knots) from eastern directions for about 10 days looking for a good weather window to head east to Highbourne Cay, our first stop in the Exumas. Granted, the waiting was awesome as we...
The Bahamas so far!
With one final sunset in the ol’ US of A, we got a restless night of sleep in Boot Key Harbor before waking up on March 31st prepared for our long voyage to the Bahamas. We took one final look at the weather and after a good bit of...
We’re Heading to the Bahamas!!!
So, before I get started, let’s rewind a few weeks. We were back in Marathon chilling out and thinking about what to do next. The plan had been to go ahead and head up the east coast slowly over the next few months going at least as high as...
Big Pine Key and Coming Full Circle Back to Marathon
Leaving Johnston Key, we skirted the boundary between the Gulf of Mexico and the flats and mangrove islands of the north side of the Lower Keys all the way east to Big Spanish Channel. The motor over was mostly bashing into the wind, but it was less than 3...
Milling about the Waters of Johnston Key
Excursions around Johnston Key were all about exploring the flat, shallow waters around the mangrove islets by dinghy. We spent a couple of days just slowly motoring or poling around the shallows and watching the plethora of inshore fish, small barracuda, small nurse sharks, and large sting rays swimming...
A Farewell to Cayo Hueso
It was nearing a month in the Key West mooring field, plus the month and a half we spent just prior in the Boot Key Harbor mooring field at Marathon, and we were more than ready to get out of the city. I love touring around interesting places, sampling...