The Bahamas

Aruba, Jamaica, ooo I wanna take you
Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego, baby why don’t we go Jamaica
Off the Florida Keys
There’s a place called Kokomo
That’s where you wanna go to get away from it

— The Beach Boys (Still Cruisin’)

The Bahamas Adventure I

Eight days of incredible adventure spanning 5 states, more than 10 Bahamas islands covering more than 2500 nm from the Mid Atlantic to Florida and over the Bahamas back through the Florida keys and the Mid Atlantic.

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Day 0: Bahama Come on Pretty Mama
Day 1: The Adventure Begins
Day 2: Bahamas Baby!
Day 3: IFR: I Fly Roads — low and slow
Day 4: Land Ahoy!
Day 5: IFR: Clouds, Crocs & Glades
Day 6: Finding Nemo
Day 7: Georgia on my mind
Day 8: There and back again

A summary of the experience as appeared in the Aviatrix Aerogram and the SLO99s Newsletter The SlipStream:

Flying to the Bahamas in a C172

And so it begins again 🙂

The Bahamas Adventure II

We had such an incredible trip flying to the Bahamas last year that it was immediately obvious this year that there was no question that we would make the flight out to the Bahamas. Who wouldn’t want a taste of the Tropics, sunshine, warmth and paradise after the frigid sub-zero temperatures we were experiencing?

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The Beginning:
Bahamas II: The Planning

To continue to read about this year’s day by day adventure follow the links below…

And so it begins again…
Rainbows in the Sky
Island Time
Pigs can swim 🙂
Exploring Cat Island
Columbus landed here
Night in Nassau
Last day in paradise
If wishes were horses…

An AOPA Associate Editor and Photographer, flew with us on our second trip and you can read all about the flight in the May 2014 issue of the  AOPA Flight Training Magazine and the February 2015 issue of the AOPA Pilot Magazine. Related article in the February 2015 issue of AOPA Pilot and video can be seen here.