We stayed in Vero for 16 days waiting for weather.  Vero is a great place to wait as shopping, the beach and not to forget the cruisers breakfast and sundowner parties.  We dinghied to the Riverview to watch the Super Bowl with several other cruisers. 

Our crossing was uneventful.  We stayed at the Old Bahama Bay Marina for the night where the manager had a cocktail party.  We cruisers are always up for freebies. 

With Idunno we headed to Nassau for a 22 hour overnight sail.  The stars were magnificent.  There were cruise ships all night long to keep us company.  There are lit up like white lighted Christmas trees and it was difficult to find those little red or green running lights so we could tell which way they were traveling.

We stayed anchored in Nassau for three nights while we waited for a cold front to pass.  We did a little shopping and had a sundowner party on Seaduction who we had met in Annapolis. 

Wednesday, February 14, we left Nassau for Norman Cay in the Exumas.  We had a great sail all the way to Norman.  Even less of the airplane remains in the water to the east of the main part of the island.  We had a great Valentine dinner on Idunno.

The next day we motor sailed to Cambridge Cay in the Exuma Land and Sea Park.  New park moorings were in place so we picked up a mooring.  We stayed at the Cambridge Cay for four days to sit our two fronts.  The latter of the two fronts had winds approaching 40 knots - I was glad we were on a mooring.  Between fronts we had sundowner parties and a party on the beach with the entire anchorage invited.  This area is absolutely beautiful, expanses of sand beaches between coral outcrops.  Massive sand
bars.  We went snorkeling at the Sea Aquarium off O'Brien Cay.  This feature is touted as a miniature wall dive.  The fish are plentiful and very colorful.  The highlights of the trip were the two Queen Angel fish and a triggerfish.