EASTER on Providence Island (Nassau) and We're Leaving Today!

We spent an enjoyable Easter here in Nassau.  We attended Sacred Heart Catholic Chuch, about a mile walk from the marina.  The church was very quaint - beautiful stonework, wood paneled ceiling and stained glass windows.  The pastor gave a beautiful homily about finding Christ within each of us.  We all sang Let There Be Peace on Earth and other beautiful hymns.  We then had an Easter Luncheon here with a new boat couple that we met.  They are originally from Minnesota and now live most of the year on Big Pine Key in the Florida Keys.  Their boat name is the Eileen Mae, a gorgeous trawler that we toured later that day. 

The next day we walked over the bridge to the Atlantis Complex.  It was built on reclaimed land - basically it was a garbage dump.  You would never know it now - it is like Disney Land over there with highrise buildings in pastel peach colors and a fancy yacht basin with million dollar behemoths complete with jet skis and even cars parked on them.  The ports of call on the boats are everywhere - but the biggest one was from Tenafly, New Jersey (close to my (Joanne's) hometown of Bergenfield, New Jersey. There must have been someone who hit it really BIG in Tenafly!  The Atlantis Complex has a beautiful aquarium with HUGE stingrays, sharks and just about any sea creature you can image.  It's all done beautifully and you can actually walk under and over the foot glass plate windows that encase an IMMENSE aquarium.  Richard enjoyed taking  pictures.  I'm sure he'll attach some of them soon to this posting.

Yesterday, our friends came into the marina and today we are leaving with them to make the big crossing back to Florida.  We intend to sail about a 35-mile leg today and moor at a place with a funny name called Frazier HOG Cay.  It's really is a nice place across from the Berry Island Club, where we expect to all have dinner.  Then when we leave the next day, we will evaluate whether we will all stop on the Bahama Banks again for an overnight or continue straight through the night to Florida.  We are watching the weather for the best opportunity and we will stay with the other two boats who have done this multiple times.  We'll post again when we get back to Florida.  There is not much between here and there, but we do have our satellite phone and will turn it on between 8-9 AM and PM if anyone needs to contact us.  My Mom and Cousin Connie have the numbers.

We expect to go into the Ft Lauderdale area and then sail back home around Florida from there.

Hope everyone is doing well!  Over and out from Nassau, Bahamas....