Wishing everyone a Happy Easter .
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I received a text from my sister stating that Steve's mother was hospitalized. When I told Steve when he got out of the water, we decided it was time to start our way back home and headed to Monjack Cay for the night.
We arrived around 4pm. We walked on the island across to the ocean. It was approximately about 3 miles walk to the beach.
On the way, we found air plants and best of all, on the beach, I found a hard mooring being washed along the beach. Love these surprises.
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| Unique signs along the way |
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| It was a 3 miles walk to the beach |
We covered 27 miles today.
Off to bed...early rise.
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April 2, 201 From Monjack Cay to Mangrove Cay.
5:00am- The alarm went off and time to make coffee.
5:30am- Off we go.
7:00am- What a gorgeous view. As we were passing Bonefish Cay The moon was setting on one side and the sun was rising on the other.
7:45am- Looking at the front of the boat, we noticed a rainbow. Can't get any better
9:30am- The water was so calm that we could see clearly Flying Fish swim away and Cormorant swimming under water from a distance when they spotted us.
10:00am -Steve has been dragging a line for a couple of hours and managed to catch a barracuda and another small fish but got off before we were able to bring it in.
10:45am- We called Sally from Riverside marina to let her know we will be arriving in Fort Pierce tomorrow and that we would like to be hauled out ASAP. She told us it was her busiest week and that there are 10 boats wanting to get hauled. We will see what happens when we get there.
As I was making lunch I heard the fishing rod sound and Steve càught a Spanish Mackerel. 3 so far.
2:10pm- Steve just caught a another big Spanish Mackerel. We are just releasing them since we are heading back home and wouldn't be able to keep it frozen. I also think Steve doesn't feel like cleaning them.
4:30pm- Arrived at Mangrove Cay where we will anchor for the night. Steak and salad for dinner tonight. Can't wait. First Steve wants to pop a cold beer. It is hot.
Covered 63.6 nautical miles. We stayed in contact with my sister and the hospital is taking good care of Mary. We will loose contact with everyone now until we get closer to a tower in the States.
April 3, 2018 From Mangrove Cay to Fort Pierce
2:00am- The alarm went off and up and away we go by 2:30am.
The moon and stars lit up the sky so it was a beautiful night to travel. Steve called out to get the life jackets. After not wearing them for so long, I questions why. He said you should always wear them at night and we will be crossing the Gulf Stream.
I fell asleep for three hours under the Bimini.
5:30an- I fried up a couple of eggs for Steve.
6:30am- I took over the wheel while Steve had a sleep for a couple of hours.
9:00am- Weird seeing a Carnival Elation cruise ship go by. From our data they are headed to Half Moon Cay. We took many cruises and I used to sit in the balcony wondering what it would be like to sail our own sailboat in the ocean. Here we are on the "GaYa Love Boat"
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| Went by a Carnivall cruise ship |
10:00am-We just hit the Gulf Stream ant still 42 miles to Ft Pierce inlet.
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| Steve taking down the Bahama courtesy flag |
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| Not much left of the Bahama Flag |
We arrived in Fort Pierce around 3:30pm. It took forever to go thru the inlet since we were fighting the tide. The gulf was calm all the way until we hit the inlet and it was rough.
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| We had to go around this tub boat which was dragging barges |
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| It was rough going thru the inlet |
Staying at Fort Pierce City Marina for a couple of nights until our boat gets hauled out. We tried to call Customs the minute we arrived but we waited 2 hours on the phone so we hung up. We decided to go get our truck which we stored in Fort Pierce. We noticed someone stole our trailer hitch and there was a hole on the side of our truck, At least it started and we brought it to the Marina. We will start unpacking our stuff tomorrow.
Went to the Marina restaurant for a bite to eat and then called Customs again. We got thru this time within 5 minutes. We now have to go to the airport tomorrow to physically report in.
Steve went straight to bed once we got back to the boat. We covered over 82 miles today.
You can tell you are in Florida when you hear helicopters, sirens etc...
In fact, someone jumped off a bridge which we could see from our boat. Helicopters and Coast Guards were searching the water for the body. Lights were flashing right thru our boat. Steve was snoring away.
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