Burntside Adventures: Back in Florida

Ice Cream Parlor, Grand Cay

We left Moraine Cay several days ago and moved on to Double Breasted Cay, due to weather. A big front moved through with 36 hours of big wind, 30 mph plus, so we ducked behind the islands for cover. After things settled down, moved just 4 miles to the Grand Cay group of islands for a night. It's a pretty remote area, not visited by a lot of boats, and really an "Old Bahamas" feel to it. Hiked around Grand Cay and found some ice cream and a beer. The piles of conch shells on the shore were immense. The next day began preparing for our exit from the Bahamas. We moved to West End of Grand Bahama Island for our last night, then Sunday March 31 took advantage of the weather window and left at 0530 for Florida and Fort Pierce. As soon as we had light, I put out lines and fishing was pretty good. We picked up 2 Mahi Mahi enroute. Cindy's was the bigger of the two. Once again, as she was reeling it in, all of a sudden line started spooling out and she couldn't make an progress. Something bigger yet had hit it, but after about 15 minutes, the bigger fish let go and she was able to land it. We got to Fort Pierce around 4:00 and really struggled with the check in process. There is an app for our cell phones called CBP Roam, that links you up with Customs and Border Patrol. There is a glitch in the software that blocked our cell phones, but finally we were able to make it work with Cindy's Ipad. You do a face to face with the agent online. Yesterday we moved up the ICW miles or more and today will move again to Titusville where we will layover at the marina and wait for windlass parts to arrive so I can get that fixed. I am tired of hand cranking that sucker. The new windlass motor is supposed to show up by UPS by Thursday, and we will take advantage of the time to fix some other stuff and replenish the fridge and bar. We'll also eat out at a couple of favorite spots we found on previous Titusville visits.