arrival in Mobile Bay Nov 2010
new bottom job, nice n clean now, got three years out of the last one
our neighbors for a week on a the hard while got new bottom they have a Catalina 30, next to a Catalina 42
LU Lu's at homeport Marina, Gulf Shores Al. we came for the gumbo, this is Jimmy Buffets sisters place, he sings for gumbo here, ;)
tied up for gumbo :), oh and a cheese burger in Paradise, mmm...good
Dolphins!
Sailing on the Gulf, I am loving it
if you look really close over my on right side you can see a ship on the horizon. Its making its way into the Mobile ship channel.
The View South, nothing but water, WOW
This is the update, with pics that I promised. Little late, but better late than never. A great time was had on the trip. I am so ready to go back and do some more sailing. The bay is shallow, but I have already started learning the my way around, knowing the locals and there knowledge is key.
Its been since 5 Dec that I have been on the boat, I am starting to really miss it, and I need to plan a trip back down to check her out. I have friends that check on her, but its not the same as laying your own eyes and hands on her. This trip was a test in many ways to see how I would enjoy being board for a long period of time, I think that I passed, I love every min of the trip, even the bad.
So would I do it again, yes, I learned a lot of lessons from this trip, and I am prepared to some some off shore sailing now, I have plans for some short stuff, like a day sail to Navy cove, that's right by the mouth of the bay. I will over night here and then jump out side for a day sail, then comeback and over night at navy cove, sailing back to the Marine the next day. Then I will do a run over to Pensacola, that's a long day, but very easily done in a day. I will keep doing some stuff like this and then do an overnight, Soon I will be do longer runs, but those will come later, when I have more time experience and weather windows. Well that will do it for now. I will post more as I have it and have time. When I have trip planed to check the boat out I will post it here. I plan to continue to use this a log for my adventures aboard Surprise.
Capt. Bear aka. Barry
