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Pictures, Sunrise in Nassau; Flo’s Place on Little Harbor, Triumph on the hook; Blue Hole; Our happy hour beach, and Elaine enjoying one in the chair we found.; Sunset at Devils cay; The anchorage at Devils Cay in the Berry’s.




We got the heck out of Nassau after laundry, groceries, and fueling up. It was like a work day. We updated the blog and set sail for the berry islands. We landed at Alder and Frozen Cays just as a big squall was descending on us. After it passed, we reanchored and had a very peaceful night. The next day we snorkeled the nearby reef, which was loaded with fish. Bill shot at a nice grouper, but didn’t get the spear in him enough. Bill called it an equipment malfunction, which he repaired later. We’ll be back next year for him.

After the morning swim we dinghied over to the next island, Little Harbor Cay. We met Curtis and his son Curtis Jr. We visited Flo’s restaurant, which is the only thing to visit. Nice folks.. we’ll be back next year for a meal with them.

We met a Canadian couple there on a large catamaran named Ruahk who had their 6 kids (yes, as in 3 boys and 3 girls ) aboard aged 15 down to 3. Nice couple, we talked to them for an hour and met most of the kids. He is a dentist, and they go to the D.R. every year to do gratis dental work for the kids there. What a great experience for the kids.

Next, we headed up to Devil Cay and Hoffman’s Cay. What a great place! See the pictures of Elaine with the coconut trees behind her. We brought our Rum drinks to this beach, and just couldn’t get over what a beautiful spot this was. (Wish you were here, it’s beautiful) We explored nearby beaches, and took a hike to the Loyalist ruins and the “Blue Hole”, (see pics) which was inland about in the middle of the island (Hoffmans Cay). The hole was about 100 yards across with shear cliffs all around..

Based on the weather outlook, we decided to head back to Florida a day earlier than planned. We are going to have dinner at the Berry Island Club on Frazier’s Hog Cay, then this evening we’ll set sail for Florida, crossing the banks tonight, then the Straits of Florida on Saturday afternoon. We hope to arrive at Rodriguez Key Saturday early evening. The next AM we are going to try to get into Dana and Nancy Vihlen’s dock just south of Tavernier. We’ll visit with them, then weather permitting, we’ll set out for the final leg back to Tampa through the Keys and up the west coast.

We have now safely arrived at our friends Dana and Nancy Vihlen’s house.