Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!

First, I'm just dying to tell you - Tommy Bonds drove down for a visit yesterday.  (Tommy and i went to high school together)  He lives at Signal Mountain, TN.  (the other side of Chattanooga, that's a crazy 8 hrs each way)  So we packed all the punch into the visit that we could.  It was a walking feast of Oysters, Crab, seafood and drinks!

Thanks for a great visit Tommy!  You are always welcome back.

 This local fisherman (see the lights up front) says what i saw the other night was either: a. frog gigging (usually earlier in the year. "we got us a mess of about 60 one night") or b. flounder gigging.

 He said he was moving his house about 9 miles up river.  

I decided to write just a small note more about The Old Cemetery.   

#37. Aunt Bella.  One of two slave markers in the cemetery.

#27. Double drowning.  "playing at the pier, she fell in and he jumped in to save her."

Oh the weather here is so incredible the last 4 days.  

I hope you are enjoying great weather wherever your yacht is anchored.  

Yaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrr!    -Capn Skip

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