Friday and another week in Apalachicola goes slowly rolling down the river to the Gulf...

I wrote on my last post that Rod Duncan is going to help me sail across the 'Forgotten Coast' and allow me to miss all that scary navigating in shallow treacherous water.  According to these plans i have just one more Friday here and then it's time to move again.  (I better eat some more Oysters now!)  from Apalachicola, The Oyster Capital of the World.      

 Little Amy age 6.  'she read a whole book yesterday.'  

 Gerry and his dogs motored over to Prodigal today.  i still have 0 dogs.

 One more shot by popular request.

 His son is a tattoo artist and he just got this new one.

 Kevin the bike repairman and I at Happy Hour

 Last night - well after sundown - this very lit up boat came slowly creeping along the shore of the island looking for something.  I will ask the locals if this was a hunt for Frogs, or Gators?

Sunrise for my next to last Friday in Apalachicola.  

I must make a trip to the Pig today for food and who knows what other mischief i might get into.  It's a GLORIOUS DAY here.  Last night the wind turned from the north and it's cool and crisp on board.  Normally it's pretty sticky and hot.  So i am enjoying my coffee down below in the salon with a long sleeve shirt on, the ports closed and the fans turned off.  (unprecedented)  I hope your Friday is incredible.  Please let me know what you are doing out there in the working world.    - Capn Skip

Wednesday used to be my sushi day. what is it now?

Rod Duncan* has volunteered to help me sail Prodigal on this next passage.  He and his lovely bride Linda are in the Chesapeake with their sailboat - It's Perfect. (you can follow their adventure)  They are putting It's Perfect up for the season allowing Rod to join me about October 12th.  Let's plan on my next voyage departing October 13th and see how that works out!

*Rod helped me back in Kemah when he and Linda were in town for the Xmas holidays.  I posted some about his electric work on Prodigal.

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I got more great questions today:
do you go find a bar and watch tv and football games?
is there a storm headed your way?
-Gary Garner

No, i dont hang out in bars!  (yeah, right...  what else would a Pirate do?)  I use Netflix on the boat when i have a fast enough wifi connection if i feel the 'TV need'.  I did sit in a bar to watch Alabama play, but that was back when i was in Destin.  Fortunately i'm not really into watching football, so i dont miss it.  I've already gotten out of the habit of watching TV.  I hadn't thought about it in weeks.  (i 'listened' to the debate on NPR and didnt miss their faces at all)

I dont see a storm headed here now, yet.  But i monitor different weather sources than you do.  I check the National Hurricane Center, Passage Weather, and am watching the named storm Mathew now.  I also listen to the weather on the radio.  But i dont watch any daily news or see TV weather channels.

"Why dont you hire a prostitute to spend a couple of days sunning on the boat while you make the passage?  That would work wouldn't it?"   - Anonymous  (definitely not my sister Lynn)

Great question Ms. Anonymous, i hadn't thought of that.  I'll check into it!

Angela Yakel asks, " I want to know if you ate the boiled peanuts? Those are a deep southeast thing so I didn't know if you had been exposed to those before? "

Killer question Angela.  short answer - Hell NO!  they looked hideous and slimy.  It begs a question from me, how do you eat them?  with your fingers?  If they are slimy and wet, do you need a napkin and a second cup to put the shells in?  I was there and not even remotely tempted, so what's the attraction?  Are they salty?  Are they as nasty slimy as i imagine?

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I'm still trying to get into a routine, but it's not quite working yet.  I guess i've got too much changing too fast for me to acclimate.  But everything does not feel 'NEW' and out of control anymore.  So i guess i'm getting there.  Retirement is a big change, and then you put me on a sailboat in the middle of a river in Florida.  It's a lot to swallow in one bite.  So i'm still chewing...