Underway Again

We departed New Orleans this AM at 8:45 in sub 40's temps but bright sunlight. As we were headed eastward and the little wind there was was out of the east we really were quite comfortable behind our dodger (The dodger is the big windshield we have at the front of the cockpit that shields you from wind and spray). As long as we were behind the dodger and in the sunshine it wasn't too bad.

We're finally underway again but a very short day today of only about 30 miles. The next available stopping point is Gulfport, Mississippi, and that is just a bit too far to try do it today--so--we anchored at a little bend in the waterway at Rabbit Island. We got in around 1;15 and set the hook and sat back and read and napped and cogitated on the meaning of life until this beautiful sunset and the frigid air descended upon us. We understand that the temps will continue to moderate a bit until Saturday night when another brutal cold front is to sweep in and freeze things again for another couple of days. We hope to be ensconced in a nice electrified marina slip by then so we can wait out the front in comfort before resuming our eastward journey.

We heard from our good friend Ernie Peoples today. They spent the night offshore out of Clearwater Florida heading this way. They had a rough go of it with 4 and 5 foot seas off the starboard bow but were inside the trawler and completely warm and dry and protected from the elements. Peppie had called us earlier as she hadn't heard from Ernie for several hours and was quite worried but everything turned out just fine. In fact Ernie, instead of putting into shore this morning,decided to stretch out their offshore run and turn for Mobile. We will probably cross paths with them sometime in the next couple of days---Maybe they'll "winter" with us in Pascagoula while we try to hide from the cold.