We really enjoyed Port St Joe. Nice dock neighbors and a friendly atmosphere all around. The decision today is, do we go outside the long way around 50-60- miles to Apalachicola or go up the GICW in a canal and get to Apalachicola in under 30 miles? It's a beautiful day but I have worries about the two passes to get us into the bay where Apalachicola is located. On the charts it looked pretty good but then I spoke with a dock neighbor and he said that the channel shifts constantly and it might not be as good as it looks. With the combination of an iffy pass and almost double the distance we regrettably will take the ditch as tomorrow we will be out in the ocean for about 18 hours to cross to Tarpon Springs. We arrived in Apalachicola and didn't see anything or place we wanted to stop so we kept on going to Carrabelle. This decision was influenced by the fact we had been conversing with Herb Seaton the Harbor host from Tarpon Springs and he has expressed an interest in buddy boating across to Tarpon Springs tomorrow night. He is now ahead of us and we will meet in Carrabelle. By continuing on today we will take 20 some odd miles off of the crossing tomorrow. Carrabelle has the C-Quarters Marina with reasonable rates, cheap fuel and a restaurant with oysters nearby. When we left out of Apalachicola there is a narrow dredged channel leading out to the bay and we came across two markers that didn't seem to be right. Now the decision is which one is wrong and which one do you believe. I'm not sure if I made the correct decision or not but we could see our wake rising over the sandbar close to port and we were almost against the green mark to starboard. Saw 0 feet of water and felt a couple of shudders and maybe a little lift as we passed through. I hate those feelings. Anyway we didn't get stuck and made it safely to Carrabelle where we were greeted by Herb at the dock. We ended up having docktails and going out to dinner at Fathoms for oysters.
Well the first thing the waitress said to us was she was sorry but they were out of oysters. What a let down! Herb and I had the grilled grouper and Debbie had a shrimp quesadilla. It was pretty good but like I said I had had oysters on the mind for days. We walked back over to the boat and watched an episode f Downton Abbey and then bed.
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| Port St Joe Marina |
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| The breakwater off of Port St Joe |
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| Debbie and Abby. Two walks this morning |
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| Drift Away at Port St Joe. That's me adjusting lines. |
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| The Office and restaurant bar at Port St Joe Marina. Happy hours (3) everyday and they will cook your catch if you clean it first. |
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