We were already underway as the sun rose over trees on Norman's Cay. Spartina followed along behind us for two hours until Pete diverted east to Nassau and we veered slightly west. We were making good time and soon reached the Tongue of the Ocean just south of New Providence. At the pictured change in water color, the bottom falls away rapidly. We went from 20 feet of water to 2,000 feet in the span of a minute. Looking to starboard we got one last look at Bravo Eugenia, the megayacht owned by Jerry Jones. We have seen this boat up and down the Exumas on both trips now. It is hard to miss. Also conspicuous were the three striped towers at the the New Providence power plant.
Once north of New Providence our breeze almost disappeared and our final four hours were quite warm -- just like a summer day on the Chesapeake. Latitude Adjustment fell in behind us and we headed to northern tip of Andros and the entrance to Morgan's Bluff. The beached tug I remembered from last year was still at the far end of the anchorage. We dropped the hook and quickly worked on our checklist for tomorrow's cross back to the US. Barry readied the ditch bag and I prepared tonight's dinner and a pasta salad with chicken for tomorrow's dinner underway. Our final Bahamian sunset occurred out the saloon door, the perfect view from the galley.
We will lose our cell service early tomorrow morning and won't regain it until Tuesday mid-day when we reenter US waters. There will be no blog post until that time.
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