Our day started early this morning with lots of sunshine and more calm winds than the previous days. So, we left Barber Marina at around 9 o'clock and headed east toward Pensacola. It wasn't long before the sky clouded over, the wind started blowing and a light mist began to fall. The closer we got to Pensacola, the colder it became. By the time we reached the Pensacola cut, the wind was blowing from the northwest at about 20 mph and the tide was against us. Our speed dropped down to about 4.5 to 5 mph from 7. The following seas bounced us around and caused the boat to want to go sideways. We made it to Sabine Inlet and pulled up to the fuel dock only to find it closed until Wednesday. As we idled at the fuel dock trying to decide where to go next, Maggie began to whimper. I thought she was just cold, so I unhooked her from the leash on the sun deck and instead of her going down to the cabin where it was warm, she jumped ship and took off running towards the street! I cursed, loudly, called her a really bad name, and took off running after her. Meanwhile, back at the boat, Mike was trying to keep the boat off the dock with the winds blowing hard. He saw Maggie run behind a condo and called me on my cell phone so I would know where to look for her. I saw her running down the street and I called her and she only ran harder. Luckily, a kind lady realized what was happening and pulled over and got out of her vehicle and walked over and began to pet Maggie and got her hands on her and held her until I could get there ( out of breath, I might add).
After getting Maggie back on board, we then had to get the boat away from the fuel dock, which was not easy since the wind was blowing us right back onto it. Captain Mike figured out how to get us off, and we made our way to the small marina which was our destination for the evening. The owner met us at the slip and told us, "Check or cash only". After writing him a check, we tackled the laundry which is at the local bar. Our clean clothes now smell like beer and cigarettes!
The good part of the day is that we found a restaurant here in Pensacola Beach called Laguna's. It is just across the street from the marina. We had a delicious meal of Redfish and Bubble & Squeak. For those who do not know, Bubble & Squeak is an English dish consisting of mashed potatoes & cabbage. Laguna's variation is brussel sprouts with an onion & potato broth. It was very good and it was half price.
Depending on the weather tomorrow, we will anchor out near Mary Esther, FL. Did I mention it was cold here? The high temp today was 55 degrees and cloudy. The low tonight is expected to be in the high 30's. Not typical Florida weather.
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