Hello! This is Jill guest blogging for Capt. Dan. Wow, what an incredible 24-hours it's been since we boarding the Tempus yesterday evening. This morning we woke up in Atlantis Marina and set sail for the Abacos. We had the most amazing smooth ride at 25knots flying across gorgeous deep blue water. We didn't see another boat for miles until we approached the islands. A pod of dolphins near the end of the run was a definite highlight! Thanks Capt Keith for slowing down the boat to point our Fipper and his family.

We dropped anchor in Little Harbor and tendered ashore on the infamous dingy. Definitly the best taxi ride of my life atop 9ft of the clearest turqoiuse and green water I've ever seen. Lunch at Pete's Pub was a great local find. Yummy sandwiches made from the fresh catch of the day with rice and peas (that's rice and beans to us non-bahamians). The decor was very fancy with white sand floors, picnic tables, and a t-shirt roofed pergula overhead. Cool drinks straight from the ice chest and ocean on either side made it a place I could've parked all day.

Then we ran to Pelican Keys, hopping in the dingy with our snorkel gear to enjoy the white sand beach. Not only was the water INCREDIBLY clear and beautiful, but the sand was buttery soft. Mom found a pair of nice, big conch shells washed up on shore and Erin introduced us to a Star fsh growing back his fifth leg (she instructed us to keep our friend in the water while saying hello and placed him safely back home)

Back on the Tempus, we tucked in for the day on Elbow Key in Hopetown. What an idyllic port with bright painted houses, cheery flowers and a lighthouse. Another fabulous water taxi ride to Harbor view lent us a sunset view while dining al fresco. More fresh fish and a round of desserts put the cherry on this sundae (well, Monday to be exact)

Sorry for the lack of pictures. Paradise was too spectacular to look through a lense. More tomorrow!