Happy Birthday mom!

We were in no hurry today as Ray calculated it to be a very short day.  He is only good with numbers when there is a dollar sign in front of them.  So we putted along at only 1,800 RPMs.  That is significantly less than we usually do. "The Bar-B" got an early start from Ft. Walton Beach, but they were still quite a ways behind us.  We pulled up anchor at about 8:15 a.m.  We traveled along pretty quick with the current helping us today.  By 10:00 a.m. we were in Alabama.  There was a tow catching up to us though and we could not arrive at our destination too early so we pulled off into Ingram Bayou near 10:40 a.m.  This is a place we usually anchor for the night but the winds were supposed to pick up and our destination had exceptionally good rates.  We didn't want the tow to have to maneuver past us in the upcoming narrow channel.
We barely got the anchor down when the tow went by.  We barely stayed there 20 minutes.  The waterway was getting busier and busier with pleasure boats presumably heading to The Wharf in Orange Beach for the Jimmy Buffet concert.  We learned this was happening shortly before leaving Marathon but by then it was already sold out.  Who knew if we would be able to time it just right anyway?  This is boating remember.
We continued our slow pace to arrive at Saunders Yachtworks by 12:30 p.m. with plans to stay for the weekend.  "The Bar-B" arrived a few hours later.  Not long after that we dinghied back to The Wharf to check out the Parrothead party and there was also a car show.  Bob ran over a fishing line of a lady on the bank without realizing it.  Her reaction was priceless to see.  There was also plenty of people watching at the festivities!  We met up with Wally and Betina Justice from "Mile Zero", friends from Chattanooga.  They were attending the show, lucky devils!
After our long awaited Mexican dinner we headed back to the boat.  It was dark but soon after we got up to speed we could see something rippling the water.  We both assumed it was just a school of small fish and just as we mentioned so something breached the water to startle us.  Don't know if it was a dolphin, manatee or some other creature.