Well, it seems like another life ago that we were sitting on the back deck of Apres Sail, looking into our own personal salt water aquarium off our back.
Unfortunately the internet at Ocean Reef Resort & Marina where we stayed for three weeks was so up & down ( they are working on it :) )that I was not able to post any pics but to keep the blog complete when we get home I will try to get in some photos.
Looking forward last week for weather window to cross back to Florida there was only one in the coming two weeks so on Saturday22nd, we reluctantly left Ocean Reef & made our way back to West End, where we had entered the Bahamas three weeks before. Being newbies at the Bahama thing we wanted to shorten our crossing time as much as possible & from there it is only 56 nm back to Lake Worth.
The trip along the southern coast that day, past the big container port of Freeport was the "trip from Hell". Things that we did not know could move on the boat did move.............. suffice to day we were beaten up pretty badly by 5-7' seas directly on the beam, but thankfully it was only a four hour trip so for that short distance we knew we could manage.
The weather predictions held for Sunday so we traveled across the Gulf Stream that day with an armada of boats, 20+ for sure, of all shapes & sizes.
We arrived at Lake Worth mid afternoon to be greeted with , guess what, the week-end boat traffic in Florida. Big, boats, little boats, of all description were out enjoying the beautiful boating day. We chuckled to ourselves & said, shades of coming thru Miami harbour three weeks before when a traffic cop was needed to control the boat traffic. Such fun for us "northern boaters" to observe how boating in Florida is such a wonderful hobby & if you don't have a boat you are missing out on a wonderful side of Mother Natures treasures.
Anyway, enough rambling....
So, early yesterday morning ( Monday) we were off the dock in North Palm Beach on our way to Stuart, the 1st stop on the way to the Indiantown Storage area.
One of the great pleasures of boating is the ability to connect with old friends & make new ones. So, yesterday afternoon/evening we spent in the company of David & Susan Wakefield, old ( not age wise) friends from Mimico who own a lovely condo within a stones throw of this marina, & today they are taking us on a tour of Stuart.
All in all, it has been again, a great way to spend the winter. Some may question our sanity... after all our littler "home on the water" is only at most 300sq ft of living space. But, even though it has always been a dream/wish of the both of us to try the "boating lifestyle" in the Caribbean we really did not ever expect it would come to pass. We are so truly blessed to be able to have done/accomplished as much as we have over the past three/four years & with any luck I will be posting photos from the Bahamas next winter.:)
We are having the boat hauled on Friday March 28th & after that it I clean up/clear out time.
So, see you all back in Ontario in the spring/summer.
Thanks for being interested in our travels & reading this short summary of our travel life.