Ding Darling and Conch Blowing

We motored on to the south planning to pick up a mooring ball and getting laundry and shopping done.  Of course, the world had other plans.  All the mooring balls filled since yesterday so we opted to anchor off the Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge a usually quiet and remote anchorage and see what the morning brought.  What the night brought was a nice sunset with a shift in the winds making for a bumpy night but nothing we couldn't sort-of sleep through.  In the morning, the mooring field was still full but St. Charles YC could take us.  We hadn't planned on going that far up river but it is such a great club and the convenience to what we needed couldn't be beat so that is what we did.

The sunset was pretty and the water was so calm it gave a great reflection.  This was also the
night for the Super, wolf full moon with a total lunar eclipse.  It was very cloudy for several
hours but the winds blew the cover away and we were able to clearly see the eclipse and it was
spectacular.  Sadly, the boat was rocking too much to get a decent picture.

A tradition among boaters is to blow the conch at sunset.  Thanks to our friend CeCe,
David has this excellent conch and he has gotten quite good at it.

The man's got lungs!!!

This cute little boat was sailing across the way from us.  We have seen him and his buddy
on previous trips.

This is a lot of sail and masts to carry on a small boat.  It is a gaff rigged yawl.

The two boats frequently sail together and make a fun outing to watch.  They are
very quick with all the sail up and nimble as well.