Wer'e in Bimini

Monday, Feb 23rd

We left Port Everglades inlet at 7:00 am this morning.  The first two hours were pretty uncomfortable. It was nearly impossible to pour a cup of coffee or stand. I now have a few more boat bruises caused by trips from the fly bridge to the galley.The waves did lay down somewhat around1:30 in the afternoon. They went from two and a half to three footers to one and a half to twos. About a 1/2 mile out of Bimini harbor we finally experienced the one footers that were predicted. We are staying at a marina as it made checking into customs and access to our bikes easier. Tom checked us in as only the master or captain is supposed to take care of it.  All went smoothly we thought, then while in the immigration office Tom got called back to customs. He came out with an officer who followed us to the boat. Not a good sign. When done Tom had to accompany the officer back to customs. Again not a good sign! All I could think of is if they were not going to let us stay I hope we at least had till morning. I did not want to cross back at night. What happened?  Well, I'll let Tom be the one to tell you his mistake but I will say we were lucky. He was given a stern reprimand rather than the three to five thousand dollar fine that goes along with this mistake. After checking in with customs and immigration we took a long bike ride to one end of Bimini to see all the improvements that are taking place with the new resort. It was new and just getting underway when we were here three years ago. After dinner Tom went fishing off the dock. I came out with Peanut for a while but after seeing two sharks pass by decided I needed to take her back on the boat. She gets so excited about fishing that she has been know to fall in and she wouldn't last long with those big guys swimming around.

                                                        Entrance to Bimini Harbor

                                     What remains of a home owned by Ernest Hemingway

                                 The new Hilton being built on the World Resorts property

                                              A view of the ocean from the resort pool

This resort was very new when we were here 3 years ago. They had shops and single family homes.

They now have townhomes, the pool and connected bar, a casino and a Hilton is under

construction. We were amazed at the changes. The resort is located at the very end of the island. Once you leave the property there really isn't much else.