back to Marsh Harbour and home to St. Pete

4/3/10 6:15 am

We eat the last of the cereal, milk dried fruit yogurt and granola bars for breakfast. Then at 7:15 we pull the past anchor and motor off towards Marsh Harbour. We get a call from Tranquility and can see them coming in from across the bay. They are about 15 minutes ahead of us and we follow them in and we have to scramble to move our docking lines to the other side but soon we are tied to the fuel dock. My father and brother and his family say a hasty good bye and rush for the airport to catch 10 am flights. Richard and I work with the Sunsail crews to get boats fueled and back in their slips and all the paper work finished. Then a hot shower at the marina and a last check for our gear.

My father never did find his missing pair of skivvies! Then we move off the boat and move out gear into storage. I put a few minutes charge on my laptop so I can turn it on to get through airport security and we say our goodbyes to the Sunsail crew and Richard and his family. Todd and Dave want to shop so we fit the few gift places that are open on Easter weekend and then smell frying fish and eat fried grouper and conch burgers and the Golden Grouper Café. Very tasty and a really nice staff. They call us a taxi and we ride back to the marina for our gear and then off to the airport.

We get there about 12:20. We check-in and say goodbye to Todd who flies out at 1:30 then Dave at 2:00 and me about 2:15. The travel gods are smiling on me and thereis no line and I breeze through both customs and security in West Palm Beach and get checked-in to Southwest flight and I reach my gate 10 minutes before boarding. There are plenty of seats and rooms to store luggage.

I settle in for a smooth lfight back to Tampa. My father arrived about 40 minutes before me and I find him sitting outside the door on a bench and soon Pippa pulls in to take us home. It’s been another great adventure! I enjoyed being captain through all the good weather and bad. I had a great crew and look foraward to sailing again in the near future! Until next time. Follow year dreams and get out there and travel! Step outside of your comfort zone and do something different. The rewards are amazing!

There are also pictures from Tranquility that can be viewed at:

http://picasaweb.google.com/109693709370069018435/Bahamas2010?authkey=Gv1sRgCIOPiabd18TucA#


Peace,
Allen