After a long and tiring day yesterday, we successfully got a new passport for Lucy. In the end the process was not too bad, although it did involve a lot of waiting. The girls were incredibly patient and well-behaved. We also accomplished our last bits of provisioning for the Bahamas and just managed to return the rental car before they closed. When we got back to Momo we were pleased to see our friends on Sheila were anchored right next to us.
Today we sailed with Sheila down to Fort Lauderdale. We (along with seemingly hundreds of other boats in south Florida) have been monitoring the weather closely. For the past week and a half it has blown pretty hard every day from the East (making the Bahamas directly upwind). However, things appear to be changing and there will likely be a mass exodus of boats heading to the Bahamas over the next several days. We hope to be one of them. Our plan is to sail outside to Miami tomorrow and then head across the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas on Sunday or Monday. We are currently thinking of heading just north of Bimini and then across the Grand Bahama Bank and then to Nassau, where we will officially check into the country. This roughly 36 hour crossing will put us only a day's sail from the Exumas. Everything is subject to change and we will continue to monitor the weather closely.
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| This girl loves the beach. |
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| Santa on Fort Lauderdale Beach. |
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| Scouty had no hesitations giving Santa a hug. |
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