Well, we’ve done a lot since my last few blogs. Mr Mac is actually back in the states
for the first time in more than three years. Our welcome? Dozens of fast, rude
powerboats and big sportfishing boats cutting us off and waking us as we
attempted to enter the Lake Worth Inlet. Not a good sign. On the bright side,
we were able to quickly get an emergency dental appointment for Chris, and we
discovered the Palm Beach Sailing Club. A small but friendly place, the club
welcomes transient cruisers. They were a great help to us in getting wifi to
find a dentist, allowing us to use their dinghy dock, providing information on
the surrounding area, and letting us take our first HOT SHOWERS in I don’t know
how long. Next time we’re in the area, we’ll certainly avail ourselves of their
facilities.
Anyway…since my Grand Case, we’ve been to the US Virgin
Islands to provision and meet up with friends who are themselves leaving for
distant cruising grounds: Kookaburra
to the western Caribbean, and La Luna
across the Atlantic. Then to the Bahamas, where we reveled in the unsurpassed
water color and clarity, got in some excellent snorkeling, and met up with Nomad (formerly on Faith), and the crew of Windermere,
who were actually ashore on Little Majors Spot by Staniel Cay. Then to Nassau
to host Anne’s brother Greg and his daughter Terry for a few days, back to
Georgetown to meet with our friends Joe and Kim, and finally across the Gulf
Stream to Florida. Busy, busy, busy. I'll posting more detailed info on some of these subjects in the near future. For now,
we’re headed up the US coast to our base for the summer: Chesapeake Bay. We’ve
previously passed through the bay, but never really explored it. Woo hoo! New
cruising grounds.
