There were storms in the forecast again, but we decided to leave Apalachicola anyway. It was very light rain maybe an hour or so after we left at seven o'clock Eastern Daylight Time this morning until we got just to the other side of Lake Wimico. It was a good thing we saw those three bald eagles on seperate occasions prior to that because now with this downpouring rain and winds gusting we could hardly see anything. Thankfully that was short lived and then it was just more rain until about 10:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time. Yes, we gained an hour when we traveled by White City and changed time zones where we will remain until just before Chattanooga.
This winter we removed our bimini top to clean it. We also resealed it with waterproofing, but obviously not enough. It was like a rain forrest under the cover today. We were literally wearing our rain jackets. We put most things below deck that we could, but the chart book got pretty drenched too. At least it did let up with just some intermittent drizzle.
We continued farther than we usually do for this stretch, passing the anchorage at Pearl Bayou. Bob and Barbara wanted to show us St. Andrews near Panama City. We have heard about the popular oyster bar here and the marina price was pretty cheap. Of course though, most of the businesses were closed on Monday. We walked the entire town just to see what it had to offer. Unfortunately we will miss getting to find out what many of the establishments were like as we plan to move on to Ft. Walton Beach tomorrow.
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