We arrived in Nassau yesterday and cleared customs at the beautiful Atlantis Marina where we spent last night. This was a big splurge for us, but we wanted to do something special for Nicole's birthday. This place is truly amazing, not to mention a little pricey. The trip down from Chub Cay to Nassau was a great sail with winds blowing out of the North @ 15knots. We averaged 9 knots for three hours; though the seas were a little bumpy, and get this, we crossed water that was over 9000' deep. Don't want to drop anything overboard here. This morning we celebrated Nicole's 11th birthday and she just loved opening all of the birthday cards from our family back home. She wanted me to pass on a big thanks to everyone for making her feel so special. At this time, I am waiting for the laundry to dry while Lisa has taken the kids to check out the many pools and water slides. This will probably be the last chance we get to use laundry machines in a long time so I really don't mind. Not to mention that it is some alone time... Later today, we will have to leave the life of "The rich and famous" and move to an anchorage outside the island. From there, we will start our journey down the Exumas, which is where we will spend the majority of our time over the next five months. So like I mentioned before, it will be a while before I can post another update. Take care all and thanks for sticking with us.
Happy Birthday to Uncle Sam and Cousin Dan!
Merry Christmas to all of you following along on our journey.