About to Cross Over

On Thanksgiving day, I went back to Vero Beach and spent 11 days relaxing and enjoying the company of my friends John and Connie aboard RIVERDANCE.  NAVIGATOR was tied up next to them on a mooring in Vero Beach.  They had a car, so they took me shopping for fresh food, spent the better part of a day looking for a new coffee pot (after looking in nearly every department store in Florida (finally found one in Target), bought books and shorts in thrift shops, and helped them with their errands.

I did some walking to keep my heart strong, and on one trip stopped at the Vero Beach Art Museum.  They had an exhibit of Andrew Wyeth up, so that was interesting as I had spent 25 years in Maine where Wyeth had done a lot of his painting.

It took all that time for a weather window to open for a crossing to the Bahamas.  Now, it looks like tomorrow will be acceptable, so I am back in West Palm Beach anticipating a departure on December 7.  The window is not long, so it is tomorrow or I have to wait at least another 10 days for a new window (that is as far as the weatherman can see in his crystal ball (a cloudy one at that).

Waterway Wildlife

When I get to the Bahamas, I will write about the trip across the Gulf Stream.  I am just not sure when.  I will have to get an internet connection somehow.  Hopefully there will be one in Marsh Harbor, Abacos, when I get there so I can send it off.

If all goes well, I should spend tomorrow night next to an uninhabited little cay called Mangrove Cay.  The next day I will go to another cay called Allens-Pensicola Cay, followed by a short trip to Green Turtle Cay where I will check in to the Bahamas (customs and immigration), and hopefully be able to find Wifi to send the next installment in my Adventure.  Then on to Marsh Harbor for a few weeks.

I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays.

Cliff
S/V NAVIGATOR