Welcome to day 342 of 365 photos…Christmas – Octagon House. Christmas is in the air at the Octagon House. Yesterday, I mentioned that a local photography group got together at the Octagon House in Cedar Point for a photo shoot. I photographed the Octagon House for my Day 202 post WAY back in July. If you would […]
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Wednesday AM the 17th; low tide was at 07:06 so we waited for the tide to come up some before leaving Apalachicola and got going by 10:00. As it was, we only had about 3 feet of water under our props. The water was pretty skinny until we made the 90 degree turn to our port just outside of Apalachicola. After that, all was good. 32 miles later we got to Carrabelle by 13:00. It was a beautiful day and the seas were calm so we put on 200 gallons of diesel and visited with another boat about crossing the Gulf.
Wednesday afternoon on the 17th and Thursday the 18th: The weather was perfect so we were on our way across the Gulf by 14:45. We went a total of 175 miles in 18 hours. It was a perfect crossing. So good we were able to cut 3 hours off our trip by going straight across from R26 to the marker at Clearwater Harbor. Sun set and sun rise on the Gulf were both beautiful and the night was full of stars. We couldn’t have asked for a better night. When we got to Clearwater at 08:45 we put on another 100 gallons of diesel and got set up in our slip. Keith washed the boat and I took a little nap after putting everything back in place. Later we went for a walk down to the Pier and to one of our favorite restaurants for “Grouper Cheeks” and a drink (or two). Ah, life is good!
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CO’s comment: In the past we had received weather briefings from Tom Conrad but this year he retired. We got to Carrabelle expecting to get a weather briefing from Buddy and we found he retired also, went hunting, and hasn’t looked back. Therefore, the weather interpretation and the decision to go was left entirely up to us. We made our own decision and had one of the best crossings we have had in the last 5 years.
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12-17-2014: Sun set on the Gulf of Mexico
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12-18-2014: Just before sun rise on the Gulf of Mexico
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12-18-2014: Sun rise on the Gulf of Mexico
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12-19-2014: Kim Jo IV (in middle and in back) docked at Clearwater Municipal Marina from the Causeway Bridge
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Wednesday AM the 17th; low tide was at 07:06 so we waited for the tide to come up some before leaving Apalachicola and got going by 10:00. As it was, we only had about 3 feet of water under our props. The water was pretty skinny until we made the 90 degree turn to our port just outside of Apalachicola. After that, all was good. 32 miles later we got to Carrabelle by 13:00. It was a beautiful day and the seas were calm so we put on 200 gallons of diesel and visited with another boat about crossing the Gulf.
Wednesday afternoon on the 17th and Thursday the 18th: The weather was perfect so we were on our way across the Gulf by 14:45. We went a total of 175 miles in 18 hours. It was a perfect crossing. So good we were able to cut 3 hours off our trip by going straight across from R26 to the marker at Clearwater Harbor. Sun set and sun rise on the Gulf were both beautiful and the night was full of stars. We couldn’t have asked for a better night. When we got to Clearwater at 08:45 we put on another 100 gallons of diesel and got set up in our slip. Keith washed the boat and I took a little nap after putting everything back in place. Later we went for a walk down to the Pier and to one of our favorite restaurants for “Grouper Cheeks” and a drink (or two). Ah, life is good!
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CO’s comment: In the past we had received weather briefings from Tom Conrad but this year he retired. We got to Carrabelle expecting to get a weather briefing from Buddy and we found he retired also, went hunting, and hasn’t looked back. Therefore, the weather interpretation and the decision to go was left entirely up to us. We made our own decision and had one of the best crossings we have had in the last 5 years.
12-17-2014: Sun set on the Gulf of Mexico
12-18-2014: Just before sun rise on the Gulf of Mexico
12-18-2014: Sun rise on the Gulf of Mexico
12-19-2014: Kim Jo IV (in middle and in back) docked at Clearwater Municipal Marina from the Causeway Bridge
OMG, I dropped off the planet while visiting Olympia this past week!I’m on my way to work, but just wanted to let you know that I will be posting some tidbits – and pictures – from that fantastic trip. I wore myself (and my helpers) out, but ever…
OMG, I dropped off the planet while visiting Olympia this past week!I’m on my way to work, but just wanted to let you know that I will be posting some tidbits – and pictures – from that fantastic trip. I wore myself (and my helpers) out, but ever…
Welcome to day 341 of 365 photos…Sometimes just one Christmas ornament grabs your interest. I was at a photo shoot with a local photography group this evening where there was a beautiful Christmas tree. I took photos of the tree but I took this photo of just the single Christmas ornament. Since it is my blog photo […]
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At 6:30 AM we started pulling up anchor. I get anchor duty and the bottom of Taylor Outfall is muddy! Our trip line tangled in the anchor and even with hosing off the anchor chain as it came up, along with wrestling with the trip lie, I had mud a…
We got up and looked out to see what the weather was doing. The winds were light so we said “let’s go” so we were on our way about 7:00 AM. The winds did pick up and at one point and we had one rain downpour. After lunch and just east…
Welcome to day 340 of 365 photos…I took this yellow-rumped warbler photo a couple of weeks ago and never posted it. Todays photo turned out terrible so I decided to post this one instead. I took this from my window. It was the first time that I had ever seen one here. So far, it is […]
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Monday, December 15, 2014: Another beautiful, calm, day on the water. It was 50 degrees and sunny when we started out at 07:30; the sun was so bright it was hard to see the buoys. We went 20 miles on East Bay and it was very smooth with barely a ripp…
