We left Ft. Lauderdale at 0630 and at 0700 this

guy contacts us on VHF and tells us he doesn't care if

we go port or starboard but we needed to get out of the channel

going into the Atlantic Ocean because he was coming through! 

Needless to say, we didn't argue :D



Trying to get a shot of the "very choppy"

water here in the Atlantic Ocean

Leaving Ft. Lauderdale

  

Now Jon/Derek, tell me again

Why do you spend all that money to go

deep sea fishing knowing the seas are going

to kick your butt the whole time you're out !

Another "bossy" boat

This is called a "Pilot" boat

It escorts the BIG boats out to the ocean and

makes all the dummies who were too stupid to get

out of the way of the BIG boats move out of the way

Coming into Miami

 



Another shot of Miami

All work and play makes Miami a fun place to be

See my welcoming committee

This guy came right up to the boat, smiled at me

and then dared me to try and take his picture -

you can see him in that water!!

 

Miami skyline

 

OK - if there's one thing I've learned in the last couple of days is "I'm going to have

to do the blog periodically throughout the day.  I've been taking an average of 350 pictures a

day and then Bob and I try to weed through them at the end of the night.  This hasn't been going

to well the last couple of nights so I've been trying to play catch up. 

 

Today we got an early start on our 30 mile trip from Ft. Lauderdale to Miami in the Atlantic Ocean.  We averaged 6' to 8' waves and some built to 12' to 15' later in the day.  Luckily,

prior to leaving this morning we took everything off the shelves and put them on the

counter or in a secured place.  Once we hit the ocean Storymaker was "rockin' and rollin'!"

I'm glad I was smart enough to buy the wrist bands that help keep you from

getting sea sick.  They did help somewhat...actually probably a lot more than I know. Bob on the other hand, was singing some Jimmy Buffet tune at the helm titled "Son of a Son of a Sailor" when he realized he truly was a son of a son of a sailor as his grandfather was a Rear Admiral in the
U. S. Navy and a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient fromWorld War II.

Early this morning we found out Bob's mom was taken to the hospital the night before last.
She is fine.  They believe it was her meds that caused her to faint and have readjusted or changed
some of them.  She is now home.  I would also like to mention that one of Julie's friends, Sarah,  works at the hospital and she took very good care of Judy and we thank her for that !

Another beautiful ending to another beautiful day, although we have no sunset pictures to
share tonight.  Exhausted from our ocean cruise we found ourselves in bed by 9 p.m.