Hello, hello. It has been several days I know. We left Bimini to cross the Great Bahama Banks. It was pretty crazy because we had to anchor in the middle of the banks...70 miles across from Bimini to the rest of the Bahamas. It is only about 10 feet deep the whole way across so we anchored out. It was a really weird feeling anchoring with no land in sight, nothing to protect us if a sudden wind storm were to come up...luckily nothing did.

We got to Chub Cay yesterday, which I was thinking was going to be a great cruiser hangout. Instead it was this resort built especially for sportfishermen...super high end and looking like a developement in southern Florida. We spent a restful night there at a peaceful anchorage. We left at sun up to head for Nassau before some weather is supposed to head in. The passage from Chub Cay to Nassau can be rough in strong winds. Today was forecasted to be a mellow day but the seas were still pretty rough. Luckily we had a great wind and were able to cross under full sail making about 6.5 knots. We had our offshore rods trolling the whole time and kept hooking seaweed. At one point Dave grabbed the rod thinking it was seaweed, but it started fighting back! He ended up pulling in a beautiful mahi! Not 20 minutes after he finished cleaning that one, the line whirred again and he pulled in a tuna! We'll be eating good for a while.

We got to Nassau which is a huge city in which seems like the middle of nowhere after all we sailed. We are looking at the famous Atlantis resort from our slip at the marina and cars are speeding by the marina. We went for a walk after we got in and found this great marketplace with all kinds of fresh produce. We met some locals and started chatting and they talked us into getting a conch salad from one of the local stands. Probably one of the best things Ive ever tasted so far is a conch salad. Fresh conch with finely chopped onion, tomatos, green peppers, hot peppers and fresh squeezed limes. We brought that back as a compliment to our fresh caught mahi. I cooked up some fish tacos with the mahi and we'll probably have fish sandwiches for lunch tomorrow and sushi for dinner. Yesterday at Chub Cay, we were sick of eating dehydrated food since we hadnt caught anything...Dave took the dinghy to a local fisherman's boat and bought three lobster tails off him for $4 each. I love island eating so far!

Tomorrow its off to Allen's Cay at the northern part of the Exumas and then over to Eleuthera.