7:00 AM the
day after Thanksgiving, we headed out of the marina in Biloxi! The temperature was a balmy 36 degrees with a
light wind! To say it was COLD on the
Gulf would be an understatement. I may
be wimpy, but I was wearing a turtle neck sweater, three jackets, two pairs of
socks and my new gloves and headband.
Really didn’t make a “dent” in how cold I felt. By mid afternoon, the sun was shining on us
and it was somewhat bearable! We were
headed for our next marina, Bayou La Batre, AL.
The main reason we chose that location (which was up a long channel off
of the Gulf), was it had electricity and that means HEAT on our boat.
In my head,
I kept thinking the name Bayou La Batre sounded familiar….hmmmm???? WELL, upon arrival, the owner of the marina
was wearing his shirt that stated, “Bayou La Batre, home of Forrest Gump”! Yes folks, this is where Forrest’s friend
Bubba lived and Forrest returned to start his shrimping business after Bubba’s
death. Who knew??? AND shrimping is king in Bayou La Batre….shrimp
boats lined every inch of the long channel leading to the marina. The only other notable event for our evening
was heat on the boat. I can’t imagine
how cold it would have been at an anchorage off of a little island on the
Gulf….brrrrrr!
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| Electrical Cord Means HEAT! |
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| Shrimp Boats..... |
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| .....and More Shrimp Boats |
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| This one is for our Andrew |
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| And This for the Kimm Family |
Yesterday morning,
we were up bright and early to set sail again for a marina east of Mobile Bay,
AL. (Believe it or not, but we really DID sail part of the trip.) Now I may be stretching the truth a little
bit, but it was actually sunny and a tad bit warmer….perhaps mid fifties and in
the marina up to sixty two! Woot,
woot! We were down to one coat or a
sweatshirt! Along the way, we were
entertained by my favorite little friends, the dolphins! They just make my day!
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| We Even Kinda Sailed |
Our next
marina/destination was Lulu's. Unless you
are from Alabama, you probably wouldn’t know that Lulu is Jimmy Buffet’s
sister. She has used his name to build a
fun restaurant, kid’s playground, shops and marina on the Intra Costal
Waterway. After tying up and a nice hot
shower, we were ready for dinner at Lulu’s.
Little did we know what a memorable evening it would be in Alabama! Every television was tuned to the
Alabama/Auburn football game and everyone was in high spirits. To say there is a long lasting rivalry would
be an understatement. We experienced the
last second of play, when Alabama kicked a field goal that would have won the
game! The football was intercepted by Auburn and the player ran the whole
distance of the field and scored, and of course, one the game. The whole restaurant
exploded….unbelievable. Our waiter
couldn’t even stay on the floor he was jumping so high! This morning on all of the news/sports
reports, claim this game supposedly will be one that goes down in history! And folks, we were in Alabama to witness the
“joy of victory and the agony of defeat”!
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| Playground at Lulu's |
As I write
this blog segment, Steve is up above taking us to Pensacola, FL. Yepper, we will soon be in Florida! We’re getting there, slowly but surely! Steve has a call into the “weather man” to
see about weather and Gulf conditions for the next week. We REALLY want to be in Bradenton, FL. (a
good marina where we can leave our boat for awhile) by Dec. 11th or
12th. Then we will be able to
plan our exodus up north for Christmas!
I’ll let you in on our next planned route when it is determined! So long!
