Last post from the Bahamas

We left Marathon, Florida on Saturday, January 19 and here we are, almost 4 months later, getting ready to cross back over to Florida. We’ve had some amazing adventures in some new areas of the Bahamas.

We started our Bahamian journey in familiar territory – clearing in at Bimini, heading across the banks to New Providence and then continuing through the Exumas. We had a chance to go inside the Thunderbolt grotto at Staniel Cay which was pretty amazing and we made it to George Town in great time.

Our adventure was definitely made more exciting and satisfying when Caroline, Donalda and Bill joined us! We bought this large sailboat with the idea that we could share our travels with family and friends, so having all 3 onboard at the same time was great fun!!

We visited the far Bahamas – Conception Cay and Long Island. Both were amazing and our road trip on Long Island was definitely a highlight. We did some amazing snorkelling at Conception Cay. Of course, we enjoyed amazing food, drink and company! It was a very fast 3 weeks!

Mark and I also explored 2 other new regions of the Bahamas – Eleuthera and the Abacos. Another car rental on Eleuthera proved to be an excellent idea. We saw a large part of the island and really enjoyed a little “land” time.

So here we are, getting ready to leave our last new area – the Abacos. It’s been very interesting exploring this northern part of the Bahamas. There are some amazing places to visit and we did get a chance to stop at some of them. As far as anchorages go, there are not a lot of really good ones and we’ve found it challenging to find places that don’t require you to go into a marina. It’s definitely an area worth exploring but I think the Exumas are more our style.

Here’s our plan: we’re currently anchored at Crab Cay and will be heading to Great Sale Cay tomorrow ( Friday, April 12). We have a good weather window to cross to Florida so on Saturday, April 13, we’ll be heading to Cape Canaveral. The next blog will come from the USA!!