this is gonna sound soooo stupid...but we don't really know the formalities to go thru to get back into the
USA after being gone on the
boat 7 years. We didn't check when we left...we just wanted to get gone!!!
We hope to sail right into
Jacksonville Florida down the St Johns...don't even know if that's ok but it's sorta home...from the
Med...if the Atlantic winds are kind. Easiest place I know to get into the
east coast. If we fly home a year. Is there something we can do to ease the process a bit early like fill out forms and all? We can't even remember
Florida as far as entry to the
ICW and I grew up there...maybe we better get some
charts out...we may need something further south...I remember the
wind often coming from the north in the
winter.
I know to dump anything organic way out to sea safely and eat up the fresh stuff....and to be real honest and to drink up the tasty stuff in the
Med. I know the
USA likes to burn the trash...I almost got fined for not letting them do that in
Puerto Rico. I really don't want to bother with the
Bahamas or the
Caribbean...been there, done that...got way too many teeshirts...and they are all still NEW and unworn!!!
I just wonder who I should
email that I am on my way home finally. We are honest and only have a few token keepsakes...well a whole bunch of small
cheap things but no one would care but us...nothing valuable to the USA.
any
advice??? At least it's not last minute as we usually do things!!! We plan to leave next year, this time...