But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. James 1 verse 6. January is here and we are preparing Journey to cross to the Bahamas. We pull out of Bonefish Marina and tuck back into our favorite anchorage CocoPlum in marathon. We are in walking distance to Bonefish and the people were so great to tell us to use the facilities. Little did we know as we prepared to get ready to cross that our wait would be about two weeks. The January winds set in and we were stuck in marathon, so the only good thing about this was continuing to watch the nightly pelican ritual. The main reason we are stuck was trying to get the car sold. We had one little window, but we still owned a car on that date, and then the next morning we had someone want the car and buy it by 4 that afternoon. Yet, we still had to wait. So we got to test out our new solar panels and caught up with some friends in the area, and of course enjoyed a few more of those Florida Happy Hours. As I said before, I watched the pelicans roost each night. This is what I will miss about Coco Plum, the nightly ritual to find a spot in the mangroves before sunset. A little window was coming and we needed to get into position to cross this meant a little bumpy ride up the Atlantic to Islamorada to get fuel but we took it. A beautiful sunrise before us and some rolling waves in the Atlantic but overall a fairly smooth ride until our fuel stop where we were able to get back on the Gulf side of the Florida Keys and make our way up to Pumpkin Key near Key Largo to watch the sunset and prepare to cross the next day. We are so ready! The crossing was smooth but we did have about two and half hours of some rough seas as we entered the gulf stream, but the water was blue, deep, and the gulf stream did help us across. Soon Bimini was in sight and lots of traffic was around us as we entered the area, so we had not been alone out there crossing today. We made contact with Bimini Sands Marina and they said come on in. After getting Journey settled in her slip, Dee headed to the airport to check us in so we could fly the Bahamas Courtesy flag and officially begin exploring the Bahamas! The marina was on South Bimini so head down to the water taxi to cross over to North Bimini to explore. The water taxi was an experience especially the ride back at night. We saw a beautiful sunset and we had our first Bahama Beer, Kalik and a juicy cheeseburger! Now it was time to explore South Bimini which is fairly remote even with the airport on this side, but and we really like this area without all the hustle and bustle found on North Bimini. Although, Bimini seems to just be a big fishing stop especially since it is only 50 miles from Miami, but North Bimini seems to be where everything is happening in the Bimini area. We explored the beach and then walked inland to explore the roads and found a little nature trail. After our day of exploring we spent a day on the beach just enjoying the view and as always I am shell hunting on the beach even as the sun goes down. Our marina was like an aquarium. We enjoyed seeing what we could spy in the water each day, but when the fishermen came in we learned of the bull sharks that were hiding under the docks. There will be no bottom cleaning here as we had planned. We endured some strong winds while spending a week in the marina but as we all saw the window to leave open we gathered at the Thirsty Turtle for a pot luck and happy hour drinks to share our stories and where we were headed to next. Good Times! Interesting enough we would continue to cross paths with some of the friends we made in Bimini. We take a last walk on the beach and around the marina to get some pictures of Journey. Berry Islands here we come for a quick stop before heading towards Eleuthera!
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