Apalachicola, Florida

This morning as we left Panama City, we saw some more
damage from Hurricane Michael in October 2018. 

But there was also a beautiful sunrise.  


We traveled in channels all day today. We passed through the area 
where Hurricane Michael hit Mexico Beach in 2018. 


There are many, many Loopers where we are. People ahead of us are staging for the Gulf Crossing. Today more than 11 Looper boats left on the Gulf Crossing.  That then opens up space in marinas and anchorages for the next boats to come through. For today, we passed through canals in a group of 9 Looper boats. We started out at the end of the line, but the slower boats were going slower than we wanted to travel. So we did a “slow pass” by them one at a time. A slow pass means that the slower boat slows down even more and the boat passing slows down so as not to generate a big wake. Everyone knows this and it works very well. Then when everyone is at the same marina for the evening, no one is angry.  

When we arrived at Apalachicola, we went out to look at the town. It is Sunday, and very little was open. I thought high season in Florida is November 1 - May 1. The marinas have blacked out this time for us to use our free nights. So someone please tell me why nothing in town is open. We came back to the boat and had tacos. So there!

Apalachicola is deserted



They don’t need wood chips here.  They have seashells.

And there’s always something that doesn’t make sense.  Check out the front of this old movie theater.

Comments

  1. UnknownNovember 29, 2021 at 5:03 PM

    Are you ahead of schedule? You have some really beautiful pics.

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    1. Taurus Great LoopNovember 29, 2021 at 7:37 PM

      I think we are are slightly ahead of schedule. But we have built in a lot of time to account for weather issues, and we haven’t really had bad weather. We’ve been very fortunate! And thanks for the picture compliment! Something for us to look back on.

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