The plan for the day was to travel about 15 miles to a beach in Big Lagoon just off Perdido Key and simply relax and enjoy ourselves. We pulled anchor at 8:45 am and made our first stop at Pirate’s Cove, a marina just a couple of miles away in the next bayou. Don and Ally have friends who used to spend a lot of time at this marina and their friends encouraged them to stop in, check things out, and say “Hi” to the guy who runs the place. The marina was pretty quiet at 9:30 in the morning during the off season, but we had a good time looking things over, getting to know some of the yard dogs, and talking to a few of the folks who work there.
Around ICW mile 170 we crossed the Alabama state line and entered Florida! At mile 177 around 12:30 pm we dropped our anchor in Big Lagoon east of Redfish Point next to Perdido Key and a beautiful white sand beach. After making a few phone calls, we put our swim suits on, loaded ourselves into the dinghy and headed for the beach. We walked across the key to the Gulf side and found a pristine, deserted beach where Lucy ran, bucked, snorted, chased shore birds and played in the surf. We saw a stingray swimming close to shore and watched snails quickly bury themselves in the sand when the waves washed them ashore. Gale dug for sand crabs.
We walked a good long ways before Gale brought Maureen back to Blue Heron and he and Lucy took the dinghy to a nearby marina for bait. On the return trip, they sped by Ally’s Cat and gave Don and Ally a shout. Don had been listening to the weather forecast and said they were going to move their boat over to the spoil island and Fort McRae anchorage about a mile east. We followed them to the new spot where we would be protected from the 15 to 20 mph northeast winds forecast for after midnight.
After getting resettled, Don and Ally came over for happy hour.
We reviewed the charts for tomorrow’s journey and enjoyed the company as well as the drinks and hors d’oeuvres. The sunset was brilliant and the moon rise – spectacular!
3 comments:
Love that sunset shot -- Brian
Wow, it looks like you and Lucy are playing in the snow! And such a gorgeous moon rise. How fun
Hmmmm...makes me sure look forward to retirement with my true love! Unfortunately, we all know we will be arriving to our sandy beach via RV, not boat! You know how Joe gets nervous about things.... :)
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