Overtook Twice

We left the free dock at Ft. Walton Beach at 6:15 this morning.  "Conched Out Too" had to pull out first so we could get out.  Regardless, they still chose to follow.  We didn't know exactly where we were going.  Bill had a call into The Wharf, but Beverly would not be in until eight o'clock to give him a price.  When she did call, it was 75 cents more per foot than "The Bar-B" was paying.  Ray called Saunders to inquire about staying there for the weekend as they often have since they are really just a working yard, but closed on the weekends.  They said yes at 60 cents per foot plus $5 for power.  A real bargain!  When Bob found out that we were quoted a higher price than him, he called Beverly (for another reason), but just asked if she would honor the same price he was getting for two other Looper boat friends coming.  She said of course.  Well that was still twice the price as Saunders anyway, so we didn't bother.  We all kept ourselves anonymous as to whom Bob was talking about.
At 12:30 p.m. we stopped just west of the Pensacola inlet.  Ray jumped in the water to check our props.  We both felt like we have not been getting the speed we normally would at our RPMs. Nothing was wrong, so ten minutes later we were off and running.  "Conched Out Too" went on ahead, and picked up some speed when we encouraged them once again not to wait on us, that the earlier they got to our arrival point, the earlier they could snap a beer.  I think that reasoning worked.
An hour later we were in Alabama.  As is not too unusual, we were overtaken by a large sport fishing boat named "Lolita" that waked the crap out of us, the sailboat we just overtook for the second time today, and "Conched Out Too".  Yes, we overtook someone twice today!
At 4:00 p.m. we pulled into Saunders after 67 miles of travel.  Bill and Patty stayed in to visit with their family as Bill's daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter now live in Orange Beach.  Ray and I dinghied to The Wharf to dine with "The Bar-B".