Well… I’m guilty.

I’ve completely neglected the blog for the better part of a month. I guess there are some somewhat valid excuses; I could tell you how my laptop has been in and out of a corrupted-operating-system-induced coma, how accessing the internet has proven to be such a chore, or how I just didn’t feel what we were doing was all that interesting. Well… there are definitely some tid-bits worth sharing. Now, we’re stuck on a mooring ball in Fort Myers Beach and I’ve got all the time in the world to play around on my now working laptop.

Either way, I’ve got some catching up to do and I’m not looking to cram a zillion words and pictures into one long blog entry. Lets do it bit by bit…

Hanging out in Biloxi was a pretty uneventful time. There wasn’t much for entertainment other than the casinos, and we’d seen enough slot machines and overpriced Golden Nugget restaurants to make us prefer life in a bowl of Ramen. Thankfully, Paul could always be depended on to make sure we eat very well at anchor or otherwise.

The closest thing to groceries was a 7/11 a few blocks away, and the nearest liquor store was as overpriced as it was understocked. Oh Biloxi…

After two seasons of House of Cards (Kevin Spacey is nuts!) and a few days of crazy rain, I got cabin fever and took the dink for a ride to nearby Deer Island where an old Endeavor 37 has been facilitating some… uhh… youthful expression.

As soon as we could, we weighed anchor and kept it running East.

We found a nice little anchorage called Round Island. Apparently, that little island used to be some ten times bigger but hurricanes have been wiping it out piece by piece just like so many of the Mississippi Sound barrier islands.

We charged on to the Alabama – Florida state line. I do my best not to post too many sunset pictures, but that night the lightshow was particularly breathtaking…

Near Wolf Bay we found two cool little restaurant/marinas, Pirates Cove and Flippers. The latter had a nice little screened in and heated patio bar outside with an absolutely bangin’ burger on the menu. The former was practically deserted for the offseason, but we managed to tie up for the night and keep our trip going the following morning.

Pensacola and more engine trouble in the next post. I promise it wont take me three weeks this time…