Well, as boating adventures go, you change plans with the weather! We got up Monday, looked at the weather predictions and decided our window for crossing the Gulf was moving up. Instead of Wednesday/Thursday, Tuesday was the optimum day. The seas should be calm and not much wind. We quickly decided to leave Apalachicola (we saw the town yesterday...just did not get any of the famous oysters) and head to Dog Island and be ready to cross Tuesday morning.
Took on fuel, paid our tabs and left around 1:30 pm for the short trip. Another beautiful day and we are now in new territory. Hoppy and I have never been past Apalachicola in our boat. This is the "new" Journey's first time, too.
Anchored just past St. George Island off Dog Island around 4:30 pm. Quiet afternoon, beautiful sunset (but then, all of them are!!) and an early night. We plan to pull anchors at 6 am tomorrow. We have an 80 mile day (10 hours) to Steinhatchee.
Tuesday morning was beautiful and calm. Nice sunrise (I am not a morning person, so I do not see many of them!) and very calm. Anchor up and moving out to the cut by 6:15 am. Set the course and we are on our way!
We saw dolphins, flying fish and a turtle along the way. We also picked up a hitchhiker! Guess he was tired (picture below). Made it into Steinhatchee about 4:30 pm, tied up at Sea Hag Marina and settled in. It is a rustic place, mostly fishing charters. They were cleaning today's catch when we went to the Ship's Store to register.
Sat on the deck at the marina and watched the boats come and go. Decided to take a walk and find something for dinner. Short walk to Roy's, where we had fried oysters. Not as good as what we remember about Apalachicola oysters, but very tasty.
Walked back to the marina and checked out the weather. We may be here the rest of the week. Lots of wave action and winds (I will be an expert on that before long) so we will hang out here until it's calm enough to move on down the west coast.
Our track for the day.
Our hitchhiker :)
Coming into Steinhatchee and the Sea Hag Marina.
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