Washing Machine

Obviously all the seaman go out and spend their paycheck on Friday night because we were not disturbed by wakes until early Saturday morning.  Saturday we set out on a bike ride to find better food fare than we did last night.  What's the never fail, go to?  Mellow Mushroom!  We rode our bikes the 3.5 miles or so for lunch.  This particular Mellow Mushroom had a few dishes unique to it's location, and I was not disappointed in the Mobile Mediterranean.  This bicycle trip seemed even more worth the effort since Winn Dixie was on the way back.  A few items were necessary since we did not make it over to Fairhope after finding this free dock, where Publix was on the agenda.  Oh well, Publix will be in Ft. Walton Beach in a couple days anyway.  Saturday night was pretty sleepless despite the early bed time.  Wakes from passing ships and tows seemed to keep us awake all night.  Shortly after six o'clock we were more than ready to shove away from this great city and it's hospitality.  It did not take long to find out through social media via other friends that "Time & Tide" just left Dog River.  They are friends we met last year at Ft. Walton Beach, and haven't seen since Ray's birthday (almost a year).  Sure enough, about the time they got into the Mobile Ship Channel, we hailed them on the VHF radio to make sure they knew of the short cut across Mobile Bay.  You would think they learned from following us across the Gulf of Mexico last year, but again they took our advise and immediately cut.  At our slow speed we stayed behind them for the day, but caught up with them at anchor in Ingram Bayou as planned.  What a great reunion with great friends.


Our long missed, Canadian friends