Apalachicola to Maderia Beach

The crossing was great, Eddie call a perfect crossing day smooth for the first third, wind shifting to the southeast for the middle third and a gentle breeze off the shore and we entered. Twenty eight hours, 219 miles nice to have the crossing completed. When we arrived at Maderia Beach, Al and Charlie were there to great us with champagne and treats and the afternoon relaxing at the beach house. Tomorrow is the Zac Brown concert in Tampa and Saturday is RibFest. Reunion will stay here at the beach house for a few weeks while we go to Wisconsin to visit family and bring our car down to Florida. So this will be the last blog for a while, I will begin again when we return and move the boat to Punta Gorda.

Overcast but very calm at 8:00 AM

Shrimpers at Apalachicola

Museum's Classic Yacht

A shrimper returning with a few birds

I guess they like to ride on shrimp boats

Our hitch hiker 60 miles out in the Gulf

The sunsets on a beautiful day

Sunrise over Clearwater

Bait fish going nuts on the top of the water near the pass

John's Pass, Maderia Beach

Reunion tied to Al's Beach House Dock