Salty Dog's Dogs are Surely Salty!!

The long wait is over!!!  We've finally crossed over 'to the other side'!  We had a crappy crossing, as usual, but we're no worse for the wear.  We left Government Cut in Miami @ 5am and got anchored at Great Sale Cay @ midnight thirty - long day!!  Then on to Manjack Cay the following day when our engine turned over 5000 hours (we both knocked on wood that the 32 year old Perkins will keep on keepin' on - stills runs great). Finally into Black Sound at Green Turtle Cay on Friday morning, which is where we will sit until Tuesday when the wind slacks off and goes to a more favorable direction, at which time we'll move back to Manjack Cay.  When we went ashore to pay for our mooring ball (@Donnie's Boat Rentals), Donnie asked if we wanted our tomatoes now or later.  What?!  Didn't know we got tomatoes with that!!  He went up to the house and picked them and brought them back down to us - wow, what a treat!

We took the pups on a beach walk yesterday afternoon and I believe I heard both of them say, at least once, that it was worth 2 days of rough riding to get on the beach.  Man-O-Man did they get sandy and salty!!  They're deck dogs now! Bad news for them - today is not a beach day - the wind is blowing 22knots (25+ mph) and chilly.  And it's going to feel like winter here for the next couple days - only 64* for a high.  Salty Dog is sailing all over the harbour with these winds, but so are all the other boats, and as long as we all swing together we'll be fine.

We're looking forward to meeting up some of our cruising friends from years past and have already run into several.  They are our family down here and we are theirs - a nice feeling. But not for a week or two since we are staying North of the Whale to take in Manjack.

We will endeavor to meet expectations on the blogging front, but don't keep your hopes up too high - you know from last year that we are 'slackers'.