Alice Town North Bimini Bahama

Alice Town North Bimini, Bahama 5/9/2015

We have finally left Florida and are on our way to the Bahamas and blue waters.  It has been a great dream and it is finally happening.  The weather looks ideal, 2-4 foot waves with an occasional 5 footer, so we are planning on leaving today a day earlier that we first predicted.  

As we leave Bill Baggs State Park there is a Lighthouse at the end of the island and beautiful white sandy beach.  

We see some neat dolphins in the distance.

The gauge went just to 314 feet in depth and that is all however, the other one showed over 500 feet in depth.

We decided to do some fishing, Ross is getting the line ready to go.

We have finally arrived in Alice Town, North Bimini and I can't believe how beautiful blue the water is, no comparison to FL.  We are at Browns Marina for a couple of days until we can get our phone cards activated.  We will try to do it today if we can.  Ross has gone up to the immigration office to officially state that we have arrived for vacation with all the dog paperwork in hand.  It is pretty humid here and we will probably have our air-condition on for good sleeping weather.  You have to pay for your water here which is 30 cents a gallon.  We will probably top off our water supply here before leaving you never know how expensive it will be further in.

Ross turned on the air conditioner and the upstairs one would not work, but after about 1/2 hour he figured out that a connection had come undone, thank goodness because it would of been pretty humid to sleep in these conditions.  Anyways, we walked to town and found the telephone company where on Monday we can can get our sim cards and get some kind of connection.  

We went to  Big John's to get a bite to eat we both had cracked conch very tasty and of course, it was dog friendly for Gigi, we met some new neighbors, Gail and Cameron, he is from Scotland originally, but they are from Santa Barbara, CA their boat is name Skye, and they have a cute maltipu called Luci.   Gigi and Luci bark at each other across the dock. 

We watched our favorite show "Outlander" we could actually get it all the way from Bimini, Bahamas!!!

 Gigi got tired so Ross had to carry her

Cool Change here in Brown's Marina  in Alice Town, North Bimini Bahamas

My official passport stamp

This is South Bimini the Bimini Sand Resorts

A small little white beach with people on it.

 There are big sand dunes where they have dredged out the canals.

A lone little island.

Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park , 5/8/2015

5/8/2015

We are arriving here at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park where we will sit out and wait for a good window to continue on to the Bahamas.

Very excited since this is our first long trip since we both have retired. Pray for good weather and health.

This park has a nice walk way and is dog friendly, you can also ride bikes along the water way.

Here I am with Gigi in Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park as we await a good window to continue our journey to the Bahamas.

 This is a one of our neighbors also anchored out in the park.

 Ross accessing where we should drop anchor

A couple of boats tied up.

Gigi relaxing after a long day of travel to the Bahamas (She isn't spoiled!!!)

Coconut Grove 5/7/2015

Today we have a busy schedule, renting a car and going to the store and getting provisions, water, drinks, snacks, just whatever we need, took Gigi to the vet so he can give the health certificate form, she tried to bite him, I am like yikes sorry. can she still go to the Bahamas LOLOL!!!

Ross is cleaning the boat of any barnacles that may be attached, he cleaned it last time in April but they grow fast it wasn't so bad this time.

A storm is brewing here out in the sky, but it is beautiful to watch.

It is raining way over there. These pictures, look almost black and white.

The rainbow after the storm.

Ending the day with a beautiful sunset.

Coconut Grove, FL 5/6/2015

Once again we have arrived to the beautiful state of Florida, hoping to continue our adventure on to the Bahamas.  Yes, you heard right the Bahamas!!  We have arrived on May 6, 2015 which is a Tuesday, and hope to get ready, with provisions, water and fuel and leave by Sunday if the winds are good.  There is a tropical storm in the area but it should be nice by Sunday.  Right now Ross says it is on its way to the Carolinas.

The first day to come here is always the longest for we have to get up pretty early to get on the flight and now that we are in a different classification of retirees it makes for an interesting challenging day with all the other people getting ahead of us.  That is why we leave on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Stopping for a bite to eat.

Another beautiful sunset here in Coconut Grove, FL