Apalachicola

I don't usually post when we don't travel, but it has been a while since we traveled and we have had a good time here in Apalachicola so far.  We all woke up Friday morning feeling like crap.  We took the marina provided golf cart to breakfast at Caroline's.  That didn't really help.  Then we did some chores, like cleaning up the boat inside, outside and in the bilge.  We had a shaft seal leaking and a shower sump go bad, so we had extra water.  Linda went to the Laundromat and tried to get some blogging done, but the laundry was so quick not much got done.  By the time Scott arrived, we were just about done except for making his bed. 
Ray and Scott lived near each other when they were early teenagers.  They had lost touch for probably 30 years or more when they found each other via Facebook.  We have hit it off well with him and he has joined us in many places around Florida as he lives near Tarpon Springs now.
The three of us headed to The Hole in the Wall for some oysters since Ray and Linda skipped lunch amongst doing chores.  There was a funny crew there working so we had a good time with them and Ray ran into a young fellow that used to work for him in Murphy.
We left there to meet Bob and Barbara at one of the new bars in town, Bowery Station, which the oyster shucker from The Whole in the Wall told us was the happening place now.  It sure was.  It was packed.  Come to find out they have a two for one happy hour from 5-7:00 p.m. with live music.  It cleared out shortly after 7:00 p.m. though.  After a while we were the last five people in there.  We asked them what time they closed.  They said "an hour and 20 minutes ago".  Oh, I guess it's time for us to leave then.  Oops!
Saturday morning we felt much better and decided it was just the lack of sleep that made us feel so much worse yesterday.  We tried a different place for breakfast.  After that Linda took her bicycle to Piggly Wiggly for a few essential groceries.  Next Linda, Ray and Scott took a walk to the cemetery and community vegetable garden.  The guys needed naps then, so the girls went shopping for a few hours.  We all met back up at Bowery Station again, but the music was too loud this time and not as good as last night.  Bob and Barbara told us there was a new oyster bar in town that we had not discovered yet.  Come to find out, it was Papa Joe's, which used to be located at Scipio Creek Marina.  Of course we had to have some.  They were huge and seemed much fresher tasting than any we had so far.  At 7:00 p.m. we all returned to the cemetery for the haunted ghost tour put on by the Historical Society.  Of course the guys weren't too excited to go, but were good sports.  We all ended up enjoying it.  Members of the Historical Society portrayed the deceased at their grave site, telling us about their life.  It was very interesting with a couple of sailors, a slave with no last name, a couple of other women, one of which was a true descendent of the woman she portrayed, and a gentleman with a good story of villain or victim.  That took about an hour then we all jumped on the golf cart to see if there was a different restaurant where Papa Joe's used to be.  There was not, so we ended up back at The Tap Room.
Our original plan was to leave Apalachicola at seven o'clock Sunday morning to go to St. Andrews Marina near Panama City.  Then we decided we could leave later and just go to the free dock at White City so that the next day to St. Andrews Marina would not be as long.  That gave us time for breakfast.  We did not want to return to Caroline's because Bob was disappointed with his on Friday morning.  We could not find anywhere else open on Sunday so I told Bob that my biscuits and gravy were really good on Friday.  Good thing he didn't get them because they were not near as good today, however, he did get the ham steak like he expected today instead of the country ham, but Barbara somehow ended up with the disappointing country ham. 
While at breakfast we discussed and looked at the bad weather moving through the area today, including a Tornado Watch.  With that, we decided to just stay here to ride out the storm rather than try to travel in it and dock at White City.  We're now not sure what tomorrow might bring.  After breakfast we found out that Barbara's sister passed away, though expected, it will depend on what arrangements will be made for that as to where we need to get so that Barbara can get to Wisconsin.