We said goodbye to our home for 3 1/2 months at The Abaco Beach Resort and Boat Harbor Marina!
Our return plan- Great Abaco Island to Fort Pierce, FL.
First sailed to Allens-Pennsacola Cay. Dinghied in to hike the island.
Then onto Mangrove Cay. Here the water was so crystal clear, you could see your anchor!
And a sleeping turtle.
And on to West End, Grand Bahama.
From West End, we embarked on an 82 mile ocean crossing to Fort Pierce inlet, Florida. We left at 3am in the dark and headed into the ocean. It was another difficult crossing, with short, confused waves. Both if us had some seasickness. Finally, the last 3 hours, the wind died and the ocean was as calm as a lake. It was a 15 hour trip.
Glad to be back in the USA!
Next day we motored up to Vero Beach where we spent several days riding the free city bus to restock the boat. Lots of fellow cruisers here just returning from the Bahamas and The Florida Keys. The prices of groceries are way cheaper in the US than the Bahamas!
From Vero, we headed up the ICW highway. In Melbourne, we were lucky to see the USAF Thunderbirds practicing for the weekend airshow.
Then to South Daytona. The marina had the funniest resident pelicans! They arrived daily with the fishing boats!
And onto St Augustine where we partied with friends, Lynne and Gene, who were there on vacation.
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