Bimini Trip
After a week away, I'm back to the reality of homework, jobs, and all sorts of other stress.
The lingering itch of sunburn, the unpacked bags, the pictures, and the memories are all I have left now to remind me of the awesome time I had with my friends this Spring Break.
Thanks to the inspiration of Katie's spring break a few years ago, I was able to plan one just the same, but probably cooler. ;-) (mainly cause a huge tool that changed his last name to include an "o" with a line through it didn't come)
Nine friends and I spent one week on a 50 foot sailboat, sailing from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, to Bimini, Bahamas, and then back to Miami. It was an amazing time. Bimini is the closest Bahamian island to the US mainland, being only about 50 miles east of Florida. Despite being so close to the US, Bimini somehow remains to be a quiet, rustic, charming, and beautiful island practically empty of tourists (even at Spring Break time!). The 11 of us (including our captain, Ray) had the island to share with the 1500 locals, as we spent time in the sand floored "End of the World Saloon," ate amazing seafood (conch, turtle, and lobster), walked around the island, SCUBA and snorkeled, explored a shipwreck and the schools of fish and wildlife around it, and with the soundtrack of reggae and the taste of sweet rum, leisurely sailed around the uninhabited islands to Bimini's south.
The Mighty Zephyrus!
First night on the Boat
The Sapona Shipwreck
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