These wind predictions are as wrong as every other weather
prediction. Last night was supposed to
be calm. About one o’clock in the
morning we were both sitting up at the helm because the winds kicked up and
presumably at the opposite direction of the current as the waves were slapping
so bad at the stern that neither of us could sleep. We talked that if we couldn’t sleep anyway,
we might as well just head across the Gulf.
Thankfully they did calm down for some sleep, but not much before it was
time to get up.
Just five minutes earlier than yesterday we pulled up anchor
out of Cedar Key. It was pretty much a
northerly course after we wiggled through Seahorse Reef. We traveled for 59 miles, getting a little
better speed with the wind behind us today.
We were tied up to the middle T dock at Sea Hag Marina in Steinhatchee,
Florida just after 3:00 p.m. Neither of
us remember this place at all although we were here in 2005.
We took a bike ride with Bill and Patty over to Who Dat Bar
and Grill where it was wing night. We
also shared a couple kegs of beer. They
were 100 ounce little wooden cooler kegs.
We are staying put here for Thursday as a small
front comes through, but should be heading to Dog Island near Carrabelle on
Friday, then it will be on to Apalachicola for the weekend. Thursday’s focus is to find a mailbox to put
Mom’s birthday card in with hopes that it will make it to her on time.
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