Looking Back and Forward 3/15/06

We find it hard to believe we've been away from most family and friends for 6 months now. We've traveled from the 45th parallel and as far east as 77º.

We had a grand time exploring along the way. Too much to see and not enough time. Who would have thought.

We made it back from the Abacos on Monday. We left at 7:00 am for the 55 mile trip directly west to the Lake Worth inlet. The seas were 3-5' and manageable. It took up to 3 hours. The roughest seas were coming into the inlet to the lake from the ocean. We cleared customs and spent the balance of the day cleaning ourselves, the boat inside and out and 3 weeks worth of laundry. Needless to say we did not do much work while in the islands.

The bittersweet news... we started our 3 1/2 month trip back to northern Michigan yesterday. Bitter in that we really only have 3 1/2 months to visit the entire east coast. The sweet is that we'll be seeing family and friends along the way (where were they all when we came down the river system?) which makes the trip more meaningful and the best will be when we get back to wonderful northern Michigan.