Arrived at Marker 1 Marina 11/10/17

We left the anchorage early, around 7:00 because the tide was falling and the water depth coming into the anchorage was pretty skinny last night.  I didn't want to spend a lot of time hunting an exit path.  We followed the ICW which is a very narrow channel with about 6' of water in these parts south to Dunedin and the Honeymoon Island Bridge which we needed to have open so we could pass.  We pulled into the Marker 1 Marina around 9:00 AM and got a pump out and then moved to our dock. We had some boat chores to do and then dropped the motorcycle down.  Caitlin the manager took a photo of Abby and posted it on the Marina's Facebook page.

  I had an order at West Marine that I needed to pick up but the truck doesn't come in until 3:00 so they figured they would have my order by 4:00. After lunch we rode down and checked out the Dunedin downtown area and found some places that had been recommended to us by Eddy of Eddy's Weather Wag.  He does a daily report on the  Gulf crossing conditions between Carrabelle and Tarpon Springs for the Loopers.  We found where the Farmers Market is held, a BBQ place called Eli's which is only open three days a week and only has three things on the menu.  Supposedly very good and an institution in these parts.  There was also Jensen Brothers Fish market which we drove past and the Dunedin Brewery.  I think Dunedin has more than 10 breweries and also has distilleries.  Definitely a drinking town with a fishing problem.

Marker 1 had some packages from Amazon and we took those back to the boat.  We got a water filter for the ice maker which we hope will make the ice taste better and also a water filter for the hose for when we fill the tanks on the boat. Also got a tricolor LED light for the dingy for night moves and a new USB cable to update my Garmin GPS's. Next was ACE hardware for some more stainless steel screws and new 120 volt plugs for the fly bridge. The ones we had were not the best quality and the plugs for charging the IPads worked intermittently. 

We arrived at West Marine at 4:00 and they had just finished unpacking and we picked up a new heavy duty boat hook (longer and beefier) new flag staff (broke the old one unloading the dingy) a new US ensign ( hey new staff, new flag) and some more engine zincs.  Now I have enough projects and things to do on the boat for a good while.  The 7' long boat hook was fun to ride back to the boat with!  Debbie was jousting....

Back aboard it was time for Abby's walk and I took the bicycle and we rode over to the Causeway and Abby ran along the beach and then back on the sidewalk to the boat. Dinner aboard although we checked out some places we want to go for dinner and will in the weeks to come.