Since our alternate reality awaits us back in Fort Walton Beach, we had to say farewell to Crooked Island and start our last few legs of the trip. Since we didn't want to bump along the bottom getting back into the gulf, we waited until high tide to leave. This was in the afternoon so we only planned to go as far as the St. Andrew's Bay and drop anchor at the first protected spot inside the inlet to the bay. We had a great sail all the way down. Too bad it was only about 15 miles. With the weather due to change, not for the better, we tucked as close to shore as possible at Davis Point. It was already past sunset so we were eager to get settled in the dwindling light. There was one other boat, another ketch, nearby. We had the rest of the black eyed peas and turned in early since we were planning to be on our way by 6 in the morning. The goal is to cover the 60 miles to our home slip before the weather turned stormy and cold. The morning saw us socked in with fog. With only 1/4 mile visibility, we ran under radar guidance for the first several hours. Fortunately things cleared by noon and the tension eased. The final 30 miles were in our home waters of Choctawhatchee Bay and we had a glorious sail all the way home. Just in time for some really crummy weather!
This was a new one for us. We've seen a lot of boats
a few house boats but never anything like this. We couldn't
see anyone helping this guy move down the ICW.
It was a super cute house all decked out for the holidays.
I would love to know the rest of the story on this whole
set-up.
Back to our own home bay.
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