We left Lighthouse Marina in Panama City Beach this morning intending to go to Apalachicola and then to Carrabelle tomorrow, the jumping off point for the Gulf crossing. But we’ve been following forecasts from a guy who lets Loopers know when the weather will be good for making the Gulf crossing and he said tomorrow should be as good as it will ever get. And then we got an email from a friend who’s done the crossing 14 times and he said the same thing. So we revved up the engine and made it all the way to Carrabelle. Go fast boats can be very nice when you really need to get somewhere!
We met up with a couple today who also want to do the crossing tomorrow, so we plan to untie at 7:15 tomorrow morning and hope the sea gods will look kindly upon us as we traverse open Gulf waters for 150-160 miles to Tarpon Springs. Interestingly, the couple we will be traveling with is from Spencer IN and started their trip from Racine WI about a week after us.
Some photos from today’s travels –
You are really moving now and I can’t believe that you are almost at the Gulf. Congratulations for weathering all the bad weather and really making the best of it. Your reward will be sunny skies in Marathon, I bet.