12-23 mm 10 to Grand Mariner Marina, Mobile Alabama approx 15 miles.

Yesterday we had to decide whether to stop at mm 39 or go to a further anchorage potentially in the dark at the end. We decided to go further and it is a good thing we did.







When we entered Mobile Bay it was getting pretty windy out. Bay is a bit of a misnomer in my opinion at it is 30 miles long and about 10 miles wide, more like a lake. It is also fairly shallow. It was also our first time in salt water with SeaChange, actually the first time in anything other than a river. I felt like I was having a flashback to our sailboat days!

Fuzzball tried to come up from the bedroom but fell down the stairs like a drunken sailor! I ran around and moved everything breakable to the floor (not that much stuff really). Then we rocked and rolled our way into the marina. We really appreciated having Brown Eyed Girl to follow! It was a short day, but it might have been really difficult if we weren’t behind someone who knew the way. Thank you Dave and Bridget!

The northern part of Moblie Bay is a real working bay. You don't see boats like this every day! In many of the places we have been so far we have felt like a big boat. I think that is about to change significantly.

We had a drink on Brown Eyed Girl with Dave, Bridget and Bridget's mom. Then Dave and I went to the restaurant at the marina where we planned to meet the rest of them for dinner. The restaurant is above the marina store/office/hang out area and we wandered in there by mistake. Until then we had felt like we had slowed down alot. We spent a little while with some of the good old boys and realized there is a whole other world out there! Everyone was very friendly and kind, but even the shortest conversation takes a long time!