Bye Bye Flores

We are slowly making our way through the wonderful archipelago of the Azores. After Flores, we headed roughly 130 miles east to Horta on the island of Faial – our original destination for making landfall. After 18 days at sea, it was a breeze of an overnight sail. At 18 hours, just about a third of it was spent sleeping. I had the 6AM shift and was surprised as we rounded the southern edge of the island to see what looked like a mirage a mountain looming in the distance. Turns out that this was the island of Pico whose peak rises 7000 plus feet from the sea.
I leave you with some photos of the lovely-unspoiled by tourism-very hospitable-true to its name, island of Flores.