Day 292 Saturday, April 8, 2023
West End Bahamas to Palm Beach, Florida
Off to the USA!! 
We were underway at 07:50 for our 56 mile crossing. Weather prediction was for sun with 2-3 foot waves from the east, southeast. All weather resources confirmed that conditions would be good.
We traveled in 12 feet of water for about 20 minutes and then we were in depths over thousands of feet. Water color changed from turquoise to a deep color blue with 3-4 foot swells. Waves were giving us a push and twisting us a bit off course. We saw a hammerhead shark in the clear water and a bird floating on wood debris in the middle of the ocean!
The cargo ship "Pelican State" requested we pass him at his stern. He was anticipating the need to alter his course for a sailboat.
LAND HO at 12:45. It was exciting to see it. 
At 1:55 we entered our request to arrive using the ROAM app on our phone. We would need to hang our quarantine flag and start throwing away any prohibited food items if we didn't get a quick response from customs. It took 40 minutes for them to approve our request. I had already dumped the remaining quart of milk. We weren't required to report for an inspection.
We made it to the busy Lake Worth Inlet and understood why we have been advised not to travel on a weekend! The inlet and waterways to our marina were crazy busy with boat traffic. Peanut Island is a popular spot for boaters.
Peanut Island
We arrived at our slip at around 4pm. We ate dinner at the marina restaurant, Belle's, with Sharon, Grant, and Melinda and Duane, from Surface Interval III.
Gift from the marina.Day 293 Sunday, April 9, 2023
Safe Harbor Old Port Cove, Palm Beach Florida
It's Easter Sunday! We celebrated mass at St. Paul of the Cross. They have 3 masses, with 2 "overflow" masses (starting 15 minutes after the regular mass), traffic control and standing room only.
The Bunny came!
Easter dinner was celebrated at Laura and Joe's with their sons and families along with Susan, Danny, Sharon and Grant. What a generous offer to share their family AND a delicious meal with us. Laura cooked for 2 days with ham, lamb, beef tenderloin, glazed carrots, sweet potato casserole with peaches, roasted potatoes, asparagus, mushroom gratin, (all amazing) and FOUR deserts. Her homemade cheesecake, carrot cake, key lime pie, and berry trifle were all delicious. Yes, we had to have the sampler. Lucky us, we went home with desert leftovers.
Our hosts.
Day 294 Monday, April 10, 2023
Old Port Cove
Rainy, dreary day was spent doing our taxes. Back to reality...... sorry, no pictures of that job. LOL
Day 295 Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Today was grocery day. Although the marina has a shuttle it doesn't seem to be available when we ask about it. We Ubered to Publix and managed to fill 4 bags and a backpack in addition to wine and beer. No way we could do all that on our bikes. We also got what has become a routine purchase from the deli at Publix -- a crispy chicken sub. So yummy -- thanks Matt for craving one. We understand why.
Boats in the marina.
Tiger Woods' boat "Privacy" on the left. Another pic of "Privacy".
Day 296 Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Another dreary day. Tired of the wind and rain we decided to go on a field trip. Our first stop was West Marine, after a golf cart ride to the end of the marina property by Robert, it was only a short walk away. We checked out Doris's, the Italian market next door, and then Ubered to The Garden Mall. By now it was raining HARD and the wind blowing. It took 30 minutes to get a ride back to the marina.
Doris's
On the ceiling of our Uber.Jerry braved the rain and wind to grill our hamburgers. Grilling on your boat isn't allowed in the marina so he got lots of looks from the boaters going by at the grill provided by the marina. Who grills in weather like that??? We experienced wind gusts up to 40 mph; so glad we are tied to a dock.
Wizards on Call Me Curly and planning our departure tomorrow. We are headed to Stuart while they are moving on to Fort Pierce.
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