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11/09/2012 – Friday – Pensacola play day

This morning Mike and Renee on S/V Faith headed out around 6:00 AM to an anchorage in Destin.  This should be a nice off shore day for them.  They are heading to Panama City for a few days before heading back to Pensacola to spend Thanksgivi…

11/08/2012 – Thursday – Pensacola play day

Around 9:00 AM we all headed over to Pensacola Beach to sight see and tour Fort Pickens.  We also checked out a possible marina in Pensacola Beach but decided against taking our boats there.  We have a car so we will just drive!  The we…

11/07/2012 – Wednesday – Pensacola play day

At 9:00 AM we headed out to go to the National Naval Aviation Museum.  At the museum we started with a 10:00 AM bus tour of all the planes located outside and then we walked around the inside of the museum.  After the Naval Museum we headed o…

11/06/2012 – Tuesday – Pensacola play day

A front went through during the night so we woke to cool and cloudy weather.  We will be staying in Pensacola for a week so Josh started his day looking into the best car rental deal he could get for something that would carry six adults.  I…

11/05/2012 – Monday – Gulf Shores to Pensacola

We headed out from LuLu’s at 8:00 AM and were docked at the Palafox Marina by 1:00 PM.  It was sunny but cool (a jacket was needed) and the wind was calm.  Just a beautiful day!  We’re finally in Florida and the water is a lot clear…

11/04/2012 – Sunday – Gulf Shores play day

We woke up to a foggy morning but by 9:30 AM it was almost gone.  We headed out around 10:00 AM in our dinghies to do some marina exploring.  On our way to the Wharf complex a big fishing boat came toward us going full blast throwing a wake …

11/03/2012 – Saturday – Gulf Shores play day

We all decided to sleep in and do a little cleaning up in the morning.  Mike’s sister Donna came to spend the weekend with them and by mid-morning we got our dinghies down to do some exploring during the afternoon.  At 11:30 we all headed …

11/02/2012 – Friday – Biloxi to Gulf Shores (LuLu’s Marina)

We headed out at 6:30 AM and arrived at LuLu’s around 3:30 PM.  This was not a good day!  Josh said the weather indicated that we may have patchy, dense fog but when we headed out the wind was light and the sky was clear.   Arou…

11/01/2012 – Thursday – Gulfport to Biloxi

M/V Awesome 1 left the marina around 7:00 AM to carry on with their traveling plans. Because this was a short day for the rest of us, we headed out at 9:00 AM.  Before heading out, Teak and I had a nice walk around the marina.  It was a bea…

10/31/2012 – Wednesday – New Orleans to Gulfport

Mike Knight coordinated with the bridge and railroad tenders for a 6:00 AM opening so we all headed out a little before our opening time.  It was a beautiful morning, still and with no wind (Yay!).  We started to have communication problems…