Weather window and time to go

Well Jim and I have been camped out here on the Lucaya water way for 2 days. It is quite secluded and very quiet, although there are several homes within a few minutes from where we are. The winds have been howling for the last 2 days. Yesterday was so bad that we did not even venture in the dinghy. Winds up to 40 MPH and given how shallow the water is, it kicked up some pretty nasty waves. It rained for part of the day as well. Today was a little calmer we got to go exploring a bit. There are some lovely homes around here. 

One of them just being built, perhaps it will be our next home. Who knows?

I am sure for those of you at home it is sometimes a bit hard to understand why we stay put in certain places so today I got the map out of North Bahamas. 

This particular chart shows about 1/6^th of the area we call Bahamas and it covers the area we will be traveling over the next 3 days. There are over 700 islands in Bahamas! We are currently in Grand Bahamas Island in a waterway so tiny you can barely see it on the chart. Tomorrow we will be going to Great Sale Cay, which is about centre of this chart and marked with a "2", Thursday we will be going to Crab cay which is on the far right of the chart and marked with a "3".  Friday is the day we do the Whale crossing. (not on this chart) This particular crossing is a bit more treacherous because we need to go into the Atlantic side of the Bahamas. Most of our other traveling is done inside the banks which offer some protection from the great waves the Atlantic can throw our way. Friday will be the best day to do this crossing with really low winds and minimal waves. This is why we chose to stay here for 2 days. It is senseless to go wait for a weather window in areas that are not as protected as where we are currently. There is also no cell service in our next 2 stops, so this would have prevented us from keeping tabs on the weather apps we use to make our decisions. But we have had the same information now for 3 days in a row and this appears to be the best time to make the jumps. In the mean time however we will be without cell or internet service so this Blog will be our last until we have crossed into the Sea of Abacos. Until then my friends!