We ended up spending an extra week at the Cape when our daughter-in-law, Tammi became ill and couldn't make the flight with the rest of the family. Then, when she finally felt OK, there were no flights available. Argghhh!
The Cape is a great place if you must hunker down. It's just so darn expensive!!!
Thursday evening, we celebrated with Tammi at the marina's lovely restaurant.
We threaded our way around a coral reef into a beautiful and well-protected little anchorage.
Our 6 1/2 hour leg today took us to Chub Cay and through some 10,000 foot deep ocean areas that the US Navy sometimes has their subs. Though we did fish, we didn't see any subs.
As we approached Chub Cay, storm clouds were gathering so we kicked Samba into high gear and made a dash for our anchorage. 
Fortunately the storm moved away from us. This is Jim signaling to Carol that the anchor looks OK.
Scallops with bacon and pesto crème make for an amazing sundowner!
Sunday morning as we headed out on our 10 hour cruise to Bimini, we felt this must be our guardian angel waving hello!
We found a great spot on the back side of Bimini, all to ourselves.
The moon was especially bright tonight!
Finally the day we had been waiting for. Today's nearly 12 hour trip across the Gulf Stream was possibly one of the nicest we've ever had! Though it was quite warm, the wind was pretty much non-existent and the water was amazing.
Stuart, here we come!
And, yes, the welcoming party was there to greet us as we entered the cut.
Our last night out was at a nice calm anchorage in the St. Lucie river, across from Stuart.
Both the moonrise and moonset were beautiful!
We had a little bit of a wait as they finished work on the railroad bridge just before our final drawbridge.
Then there was the final lock before our boat yard. It took almost 2 hours to get through it. It was sooooo slow!
Yay! Finally opening so we can finish our trip!
What an awesome journey this has been this year. 1,091 miles of cruising through the Florida Keys and through the Bahamas. In spite of the funky weather, God has been sooo good to us. We've seen some amazing sights and have had a wonderful boat to share with our family.
Saturday morning on our way past Nassau, the sun was really lighting up the Paradise Island complex in Nassau.
Our 6 1/2 hour leg today took us to Chub Cay and through some 10,000 foot deep ocean areas that the US Navy sometimes has their subs. Though we did fish, we didn't see any subs.
Fortunately the storm moved away from us. This is Jim signaling to Carol that the anchor looks OK.
We found a great spot on the back side of Bimini, all to ourselves.
This picture looking directly down from the bow pulpit on the front of the boat was like looking down into infinity. Soooo beautiful! Here, the water was about 2,400 feet deep.
And, yes, the welcoming party was there to greet us as we entered the cut.
Both the moonrise and moonset were beautiful!
Yay! Finally opening so we can finish our trip!
We'll see you next season on the water!
All our love,
Jim & Carol on m/v Samba
