Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Welcome to Alabama

I thought I would have my first mate Jeff write up the blog tonight.


"We finally left Panama City at 9:55 this morning after 2 false starts with coolant alarms again. Help arrived quickly and we left for Mobile.  The Gulf was beautiful and flat which is the good news.
After about 15 minutes the fog greeted us and decided to accompany us for about the next hour. By the way, Keith really hates fog!  A good radar system and quickly activating the fog signals and we came out of it just fine.  We ran 190 miles today and the rest of the ride was beautiful blue water.  We arrived at the Grand Mariner Marina in Mobile Ala. The boat ran flawlessly at 30.5 MPH.  We begin the river run early tomorrow hoping to make Demopolis."


Thanks Jeff for the write up tonight.


 Here are a few pictures I took during the day.


After the first "false start" this morning, Jeff and I had a cup of coffee while we waited for the mechanic to arrive and help with the coolant problem.


A pirate ship as we came out of the Panama City Inlet this morning around 10:00am.


About 2 miles outside the inlet, we were greeted by fog.... I HATE fog! Visibility was about 100 yards.


Beautiful calm waters in the Gulf of Mexico today.


I have no idea what this was, but it was big!


Lighthouse at the entrance to Mobile Bay


That is one big Confederate flag on the back of that boat.


Jeff enjoyed the cell service being tied up tonight at Grand Mariner Marina

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