March 14-15, 2017
With the arrival of Spring, we were anxious to start the next segment of our adventure. The weather isn’t perfect for our gulf crossing, but we decided to move further to the east so that we would be in position for the next good weather window. We had thought that a Friday night crossing might be possible but now it is looking like it will be at least Monday.
We left Bay Point Marina Tuesday under grayish skies and a light chop in the shipping channel, knowing that after we crossed the channel we would enter the calm water of the ICWW. I think we found where old boats go to die, in a forty-mile stretch of waterway we saw more abandoned boats than we saw wildlife.
The six and a half hour trip from PCB to Port Saint Joe was uneventful until we left the ICWW and entered the gulf. With waves at four feet and the wind at 30 mph, the short trip to the Port St. Joe Marina was very exciting. Even when we entered the marina the wind made it difficult to enter our slip, instead of backing into our assigned slip we pulled up to a long pier, where I was able to get off the boat and tie us safely to the pilings. After taking care of the boat we joined EB, Pat, and Atticus at the Dockside Café for dinner.
Today was sunny, windy, and cold. We cleaned the boat, visited downtown Port Saint Joe, and walked the Bay Walk Trail which traces the shoreline of St. Joe Bay.
In case you are wondering, we are now on Eastern Standard Time.
