I was lucky enough to get to join my parents and sail their boat from Myrtle Beach down to the Bahamas over this past weekend.  This trip was pretty amazing.  It was my first trip in a tad over 4 years.  I hadn’t had a chance to do a trip in a tad over 4 years with 2 kids at home now.  With this being the last trip south, and having such a short leg this time, timing was perfect to get one last delivery in.  I flew down to Myrtle beach on Friday morning which gave me time to provision with Peter, then he Leo and I got to go visit Grandma J for dinner!  What and amazing time we had there (Grandma is a camera dodger though, as is Mom!).

We left Myrtle Beach with warm clothes on, but it’s wasn’t nearly as bad as a New England departure.  I stood watch with Dad for my first two hours, then Leo for my second two.  We motorsailed for the first day, then shut off the motor (unless we needed it for fishing) for the rest of the trip enjoying some nice sailing.  The fishing was almost the highlight of the trip though with 5 fish caught, 2 tuna then 3 mahi including our massive ~80lb beast at the end.   That was a team effort to catch!  Once we got to the Bahamas I only had ~24 hours for playing before I had to fly home.  We went to the dive shop immediately to get spears since they’re legal and we’ve never used them.  Then we went immediately into the water where Pete got 5 fish and I got a lobster (and one fish that got in the way!).  Pete Leo and I then went off to shoot the sunset that night before an amazing dinner on the boat.  The boys also joined me on a sunrise shoot (those images will come later as they require a bit more attention when processing) the next morning which was a blast.  Then one more snorkel (and another lobster!) in the morning and I was off to the airport.  I’ll be back with my family in ~2 short weeks though, which should be amazing.

Enjoy the shots!