So checking out of Turks and Caicos took forever. Our 1:00 appointment didn’t happen until 6:30pm. Per the marina staff, the customs agent is known to come whenever he pleases, and sometimes he doesn’t even show up! We eventually got checked out of Turks and Caicos (2 minutes of his time and a $60 check…

We did it. We left Georgetown. Granted Georgetown isn’t exactly our scene (so many people!), but we were bummed to be leaving our new friends. Again. Georgetown seems to be one of those places that sucks people in, and they may never end up weighing anchor and heading further south. Part of that is because…

So this week started with going back for the last day of the Wahoo Blitz at Staniel Cay Yacht Club. It wasn’t quite the part it was on Saturday, but we had a great time with friends. Another snorkel of Thunderball Grotto. Crab races for the kids and adults hanging out with adults. One more…

We left our Anchorage and headed over to O’Brian’s Cay to snorkel an area called ‘The Aquarium’. So aptly named! We timed it perfectly to arrive at slack tide, so no current trying to drag us away. We saw all the fish. So many fish! Trumpetfish. Lionfish. Sargent Majors. Blue tangs. Bicolor Angelfish. Triggerfish. Yellowtail…

Wow. Just wow. So THIS has got to be one of the best places in the Bahamas. The water. The sand. The sun. We left Highborne Cay and headed north to Allen’s Cay for a change of scenery. We motored up north a bit and were rewarded with gorgeous beaches, calmer waters, endangered rock iguanas,…

We decided it was time to move along to Nassau, our next stop on the way to the Exumas. We didn’t want to make a straight shot to the Exumas because I’m a little skittish about traveling through possible shallow water at night when I can’t see the bottom. So, off to Nassau it is!…

So this week had us on a mooring ball, which was much less rolly than the anchorage. You can see some anchor alarm art in the teaser photo. We continued with our regular routine of homeschool in the mornings, then see about finding friends in the afternoon. This week also brought colder weather (lows in…

We had a lovely pizza dinner with our friends from Bobin last night, and prepared to clear out on Sunday morning. I woke up, finished doing click2clear, and figured out how to pay for our cruising permit. Those of you that have done this before know it’s not the simplest thing out there! Our route…

So this week, our two big something’s are that our anchor light isn’t functioning properly (Gah electrical gremlins!!) and that unbeknownst to us, our batteries have reached end of life. We had thought we might be going to the Bahamas on the weather window on Monday, but now we will stay in Palm Beach to…

**this is another possibly out of order post due to WordPress struggles. It was supposed to be posted Jan 13. The anchor held overnight. Thank heavens. We were pooped! This week we are spending some time in the cute little town of Beaufort, NC. It’s totally adorable. The dolphins right off of Two Fish’s transoms,…