Underway once again and seeing brand new landscape! Even though we have been along this part of
the country in the past; this time it’s from a water perspective…quite
different!
We cast off around 8:00 heading south from Dog River Chanel
into the Mobile shipping channel.
Luckily the depth of the bay allowed us to “cut over” to the
Intercoastal Waterway (ICW) – please note that “cut over” does not equal short
cut!
Fast Food for Pelicans! |
Before long, we were seeing the shrimp boats and crews hard
at work. The shrimpers are a
hard-working group of folks and probably get very little thanks for their
efforts. The pelicans certainly pay
attention to them!! This crew was
combing through their catch – throwing back the bait fish or anything that
wasn’t shrimp. I guess this is like fast
food for pelicans and they were lined up!!
Incredible to see!!
Channel marker on the ICW – this is where we turned from
Mobile Bay and officially entered the ICW!!!
WaHooo!!!
Officially on the ICW! |
Just sittin' 'round on a Friday afternoon... |
Hmmm...well, no yard work required |
Lunch was eaten at Lulu's in Gulf Shores…for those who don’t
know…Lulu is the sister to Jimmy Buffet (“buf et” NOT “buf ay”)!! And if you don’t know who Jimmy Buffet is…oh,
goodness!!! We had a good time, good
meal and as always SUPER SERVICE!! Of course,
we tied the boat to the dock and Southern Cross rafted to us since there wasn’t
enough room for them to parallel park.
AND I did not take a picture!!
River Brain….
The Coast Guard in hot pursuit...of lunch. |
Also I was struck by the main reason we didn’t have enough
room to park correctly…these guys!!! We
were crossing Oyster Bay heading toward Lulu’s and the Coast Guard boat radioed
to say they were “taking you on the point”.
They FLEW past us – no kidding!
Their wake rocked our boat to the point that lamps were knocked over AND
plugs pulled from the outlet, closet doors flung open and bathroom doors
slammed shut!!! I thought we were
burglarized…in the middle of the ICW!!
Yikes!
After lunch we continued heading east and it was so strange
to motor “down the road”. Charlie was
below deck while I was driving for a while.
When he looked out of the side window and saw traffic he thought “oh
no!”…like I would take a wrong turn!!
Hey, FedEx doesn't play - they deliver! |
yes, that's a dolphin - trust me! |
We are at anchor tonight in Wolf Bay. It’s quite windy and the entire day was
gloomy and overcast. We are rafted to
Southern Cross and both boats have 80’ of rode (chain & rope) out. We should be just fine.
Tomorrow will be a short day as we are planning to get close
to Pensacola FLORIDA!!! The Blue Angels
will perform and we should be able to watch them from the water. Charlie spoke with a boat traveling a day
ahead of us and he confirmed their location was perfect! YAY!!
Kinda sad to see in the off season - very quiet! |
We are on the "other side of the tracks" - elbow room! |
Rest well – we are Florida Bound!!!
Honey, I'm home!! |
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