Well IDA has passed through and all is well on JEJUDA. We got a lot of rain and winds ~ 50 MPH with a few higher gusts but we were snug at the Holiday Inn and JEJUDA was snug at Turner Marine on the Dog River on Mobile Bay. We are staying again tonight as there are still 25 knot winds on the bay and that makes for quite nasty conditions for a 20 mile crossing on a bay that is 10 feet deep.
We will depart early tomorrow and perhaps get to Pensacola and stay at the Navy Yacht Club on Bayou Grand at the Naval Air Station. There are still a few advantages of being a veteran.
If we cannot get that far we will stay at “LuLu’s Restaurant. Lu Lu is Jimmy Buffett’s sister and the place is well known as a waterfront hangout with a dock. Rumor has it that they serve adult beverages.
I have posted some pictures of Dauphin Beach where IDA made landfall as well as the entrance to a real southern marina where we had to weave back and forth between the 3” PVC markers to keep out of the cypress swamp. We were following “Sterling Lady” in. Sterling and Judy are from Key Largo and we will surely meet up with them again.
Aberdeen Marina is a combination Marina and gas station with a store/restaurant. Great biscuits and sausage if one is into that sort of thing. Also there are pictures of a five star cruise ship and the Navy's newest class of ships.
Off to the Florida Panhandle and the eastern time zone.
We will depart early tomorrow and perhaps get to Pensacola and stay at the Navy Yacht Club on Bayou Grand at the Naval Air Station. There are still a few advantages of being a veteran.
If we cannot get that far we will stay at “LuLu’s Restaurant. Lu Lu is Jimmy Buffett’s sister and the place is well known as a waterfront hangout with a dock. Rumor has it that they serve adult beverages.
I have posted some pictures of Dauphin Beach where IDA made landfall as well as the entrance to a real southern marina where we had to weave back and forth between the 3” PVC markers to keep out of the cypress swamp. We were following “Sterling Lady” in. Sterling and Judy are from Key Largo and we will surely meet up with them again.
Aberdeen Marina is a combination Marina and gas station with a store/restaurant. Great biscuits and sausage if one is into that sort of thing. Also there are pictures of a five star cruise ship and the Navy's newest class of ships.
Off to the Florida Panhandle and the eastern time zone.
2 comments:
Glad IDA was not a huge issue. Any plans to be in the Sarasota area during your trip? Irene and I would love to see you. And, if time allows, maybe I could join you on your advebture for a day or two. What are your upcoming travel plans?
Sounds like you are having a wonderful adventure. I am so happy that you have the opportunity to follow your dream of taking this trip.
Bett
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