We finally got all the mechanical work finished on Saturday! Unfortunately when Crystal dove the boat on Friday she saw that our rudder is bent and we need to have our bottom painted. So now we’re trying to figure out when and where we can get that work done. It’s always something!
We tried to go to Sunset Grille Saturday night for dinner, but after being seated and waiting for 15 minutes with no one even acknowledging our presence, we left. They had a “band” playing, but I’ve heard better high school bands. They could barely play their instruments and they were constantly singing off key – add that to the fact that we seemed to be invisible and there was no way we were going to stick around.
We ended up at Castaway, which has become one of our favorite restaurants. I had seen a picture on their website of a sushi roll called the King of the Jungle roll and had tried to order it twice before, but they were out of it. Luckily for me it was available that night!
The roll was placed between the head and tail of the fish – only a little bit creepy.
We were seated at an outside table right on a canal. Guess what was in the canal? A very large manatee!
Sunday afternoon there was a large gathering of Loopers at a nearby resort (almost 200 people, some of whom drove several hours to get there). We got to visit with several people we had traveled with earlier in the trip, had some great appetizers and drinks, and saw a great sunset. Not a bad way to spend an afternoon.
Yesterday was laundry day. I sat by the pool while the clothes were in the washer and had a friend sit by my chair and watch me for a few minutes.
When we were in Fulton MS in October we spent several hours in the boaters lounge because of a tornado warning and a tornado touchdown less than 20 miles away. Our next marina stop after that was in Columbus MS, about 60 miles south of Fulton, where a tornado touched down this past weekend, killing one person and doing major damage to many buildings. I had never thought of that area having tornadoes. Part of doing the loop is learning about different parts of the US and realizing how little I know about some places.
Rich started noticing how many convertibles there are down here, and Mustang convertibles in particular. When we went to Key West last week he counted 31 Mustang convertibles from the 7 mile bridge to the outskirts of Key West, approximately 40 miles. We saw about the same number on the way back, and that didn’t include all the Chevy, miniCooper, etc. others that we saw!