December 21, 2013 We left Nassau this morning, only to turn back due to the waves being too big for our buddy boat Silver Lining. We thought the wind would have been good too, but after leaving Nassau Harbor, we had to turn south and the wind was on our nose, so, needless to say it didn't make for great conditions. So, we headed back to the marina we left from. I had notified Last Flight Out that we were coming back so they were at the dock to help us as we...

December 10, 2013 We decided that we would leave Fort Lauderdale at the 10:00 opening of the 17th Street Bridge. Mark and I had to fuel up, so we got to the bridge at the 9:30 opening. We fueled up and exited the marina before the others made the 10:00 opening. Silver Lining was able to follow us as their mast is less than the 55 foot bridge opening so they could transit without having to wait for it to open. We had hoped the seas would be calm, but they...

November 23 - December 2, 2013 We spent nine days in Vero Beach. We had not intended spending this much time in one place on the way south, but the weather was not in our favor. We did lots of socializing, shopping, and shopping some more. We also toured the area a little bit. It was a convenient place to be stuck but we were glad to move on. We had planned on leaving on December 1, but at 3 am, it started raining and rained all day preventing us from ...

I thought I would write this blog daily and keep up, but I don't due to usually being so tired after being on the water most of the day. So I post when we stop for more than a day. We are currently moored in Vero Beach, FL with cruiser friends from Fairfield Harbour. We are actually rafted up with Last Flight Out (Paul & Linda). Scandia (Bev & Arne) is rafted with some old friends. Silver Lining (Karl & Elaine) will raft up with us when they ar...

11/7/13 I am going to try and keep up writing the blog while we are in the states and post more frequently. We left our dock this morning in a dreary nasty mist. By the time we got to Moorhead City, NC it had stopped. Since we did not get a chance to fuel up at home at Northwest Creek Marina, we decided to stop in Swansboro, NC to fuel up and stay the night. We walked the town and ate at a deli. We decided to save our planned meal for tomorrow night. Sw...