Hotel California

John says we must have inadvertently checked into Hotel California, as it seems we'll "never leave".  It's Sunday, November 27 and now Tuesday won't be good to go across the gulf after all.

Today is Tuesday, November 29.  Wednesday and Thursday are now looking like possible gulf crossing days.  Yesterday Suki and Hal stopped to visit on their way back to Anna Maria Island from Pensacola.

John and Hal attended high school together, their time in Vietnam overlapped, they roomed and rode motorcycles together after their army years, and they actually graduated from Central Michigan University on the same day 20 plus years after their high school graduation.  We went to Apalachicola for lunch, then surprised Mary and John, who have been trapped there almost as long as we have been in Carrabelle.

John, Mary, Mary, John

There are now 10 looper boats here and we'll all meet Buddy at 6 am Wednesday morning to see what he recommends.  2 of the boats that came in today are fast, so we'll cross with them when the window opens.