Next, I have been putting this post off all day, mostly to celebrate Fathers Day with my family and mostly because it is nearly impossible to summarize this past week. Here goes my best effort.
Monday I headed towards the Bahamas with my father in law for a little "Man - cation". Our plan was to boat from Florida down to the Exuma's to do some fishing and relaxing. More on the trip in a moment...
Sarah was headed out of town for work on Monday night, so Mimi had Reagan all night by herself for the first time! Big thanks go to her for all of her help last week especially watching her all night and then most of Tuesday as well! Reagan has such fun with all of our family Sarah and I are truly blessed to have such a great support system all around us.
Wednesday Sarah and Reagan headed to Great Grandma and Grandpa's house for a nice visit where Reagan had tapioca for the first time. That may be her favorite food so far.
Friday Sarah had to have an emergency dental procedure that required her to be put under, so our amazing family came to our rescue again with Great Grandma/Grandpa Kitty, Grandma Candy and Poppa Bob helping us out by driving Sarah to and from surgery while watching Reagan.
So while all of this was going on, I was in the middle of the ocean, spending most of the week on a boat. We left Florida at first light on Tuesday headed for Bimini to clear customs and then on to Highborne Cay (pronounced "Key"). We made amazing time in the crossing - while some parts of the trip normally see 6-8 foot seas, it was incredibly calm - so calm and clear we could count starfish on the ocean floor. The total trip took a little more than 12 hours and found us at Highborne by sundown.
Not all sharks are bad (I'm not sure how to type the Jaws theme)
Smooth as glass (our captain and friend Big Dog is on the right)
Sunset on the ocean:
We spent the night catching up with some friends that Sharky (Bruce) and SeaBean (Kelly) have known for a while. Dock Diva and her husband Flyrod were very hospitable to us and gave us a nice cool place to relax and let us rest up for fishing the next day. I am not sure if I was over served or over tired, but I slept great that night.
The next day we fished for a while in the morning with Flyrod and Big Dog, mostly to kill some time until the tide came in until we could get to the next island. Dock Diva prepared a great lunch for us and we headed down to the next island when the tide was right.
We arrived safely, met up with some more friends and had a great dinner (my first Kalik and conch fritters of the trip). That night we got a good night's sleep and headed back to Highborne the next day to pick up FlyRod for some more fishing. After a few hours and mostly barracuda bites, there was some discussion about heading up to Harbour Island to eat dinner and spend the night. We didn't really have any where to be, so we changed course and headed about 2 hours to Harbour Island. Highlights here included a tiny store to buy deodorant, toothbrushes and a couple new shirts since we smelled like we had been fishing all day. That night we had a great dinner at a local spot and even had Brooke Shields sitting at the table next to us.
The next day we tried to head out early since we had essentially kidnapped FlyRod (he went out thinking he was going fishing for a few hours and got caught up in this overnight adventure), however, there was some bad weather and no gas on the island so we had to make our way to Spanish Wells for gas. Spanish Wells supplies most of the worlds lobster - if it doesn't come from Maine, it probably comes from this little island.
After a few hours on the water and running into some more bad weather, we finally delivered FlyRod back home about 30 minutes before he had company due to arrive. The next day Big Dog and I were headed out, so we called it an early Friday after having dinner with some great friends on the island.
I had an amazing time (the pictures and the stories just can't do an experience like this justice) and I can't wait to get back down there with Sarah and Reagan.
A few more pics:
That's all for now, we will have some more pictures and videos of Reagan during the midweek post.
-GunShy back to 1-6, Out.
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