We made the crossing on Sunday, leaving as soon as I could see the set of the waves. We were incredibly lucky with the weather. I had been watching it for a week and timed the crossing on the only day we could go. The rest of this week is calling for 5-10 seas, somethng I wasn't interested in. We crossed to Ft. Pierce, arriving about 4:30 on a nice Sunday afternoon and the entrance was an absolute cluster# of recreational boats fishing, running around, all kinds of things, but everywhere. Picked a good anchorage near the Harbortown Marina in Ft. Pierce, and began the process of clearing into the US. I called the customs office and was put on hold for 20 minutes, then used both cell phones to increase our odds of getting through. I finally talked to the agent and did that part by phone, but then he informed me that to clear immigration is a separate process. That required gooing to the airport and needed to do so within 24 hours. They closed at 6 so waited until yesterday morning, took the dinghy don, loaded the bikes and rode the 3 miles to the airport for their open at 10am. Got there 20 minutes early and there was another couple waiting to do the same thing. While we waited for the office to open, 6 other couples who had been to the office showed up. Had a visit with most of them while waiting. Finally the agent opened the window, took all the Americans documents at one time, and made the 4 Canadian and British people go last. He was a man around 35 who would be well served by seeing me professionally. Anyway, he took our passports went behind closed doors, came back 10 minutes later, returned them and said we could go. No questions or talk, no stamp on the passport, nothing except the powdered sugar on our passports from his doughut. No wonder our borders are porous. We biked back to the marina, had a great lunch with a good IPA and put on 60 miles yesterday afternoon. We anchored at sunset at Honeymoon Lake and had a quiet night. Left this morning at 0700 with the plan to move as far as we can the next 3-4 days to get to Brunswick by Friday night. Not much for pictures, we have been up and down this piece of water several times now and my interest in seeing any more of Florida is pretty low. Georgia and SC are nicer, and nicer people.
Engine Hours 4987
Genset Hours 5568

Last view of the Bahamas Sunday morning