24, 25, 26, 27, 28 November 2014

Date Line Apalachicola FL

Wow talk about travel burn-out. We drove 958 miles in three day covered almost the width of Florida and passed through Georgia. Twice. So we spent most of the next two days recovering from our zooming around. We did get another “Pig-Wig” run in and did oysters out so we’ve had a fair sampling of Apalachicola.

On Wednesday afternoon I got my temporary Florida Registration since we will be here over 90 days. It was kind of interesting, it was a small town courthouse and the clerks were just behind a counter, not like other places where they are behind glass walls. They were very nice and I got my sticker pretty quickly.

Also on Wednesday Errante showed up at our dock. Mara Beel had also arrived in town, they were up the street at another marina. We headed up for Docktails and then went to “Up the creek” with both crews for dinner. Once again the Apalachicola oysters were very good.

Thursday was Thanksgiving and all the loopers celebrating was pretty cool. The crew of Ta Ta had gotten us tables at “Caroline’s”. 14 boats with 28 crewmembers were there. We had oysters to start and then the traditional dinner of Turkey, cornbread stuffing, greenbeans, mashed potatoes. It was a lot of fun. Dinner lasted until 4:30 and we headed to the boat for a short lay down. Boats that were there (that I remember): Serenity, Mara Beel, Pier Pressure, Sundowner, Sea Horse, Fat Cat, Beach House, Prime Interest, Teri-Fied, Takes 2 and Ta Ta

We watched the last of Nurse Jackie Season Five on DVD. We had some Netflix stacked up, we are making an effort to watch them so new ones will be waiting when we get home.

Friday was finally one of those great sun shine filled Florida days we’ve been waiting for. We went back to the “Hole in the Wall” with the crews of Pier Pressure and Prime Interest. We lucked out getting a table with only a ten minute wait. Once again the oysters were good . We both think that the “Hole in the Wall” is the best place in town, thanks for the recommendation Sonny!

We also started the prep work for the Gulf of Mexico crossing on Saturday. The weather forecast is for waves @ 2 feet and winds @ 10-15 kts. Not ideal weather, but in the all things considered category it’s not bad. But to prepare we are putting things in boxes that got tossed around in our last high water adventure on Lake Michigan. Susan also has the POD plan in mind, it’s not coming out of the box until it has some place to go. To that end I sold and will ship on Saturday some charts and cruising guides/ We also have a stack of Looper boat books that we are going to give away.

Keep a close eye on weather between Apalachicola and Dunedin FL for Saturday and Sunday. We will be out in the middle of it.