Goin' South

Goin' South
On the Gulf Coast Waterway 11-2011

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Thank God and Gary...we're GONE!

Greetings from Rockport! Yes, we're back to our starting place! We left Port Mansfield late Sunday morning, after a slight mechanical delay, which Gary helped Daren repair...hence the title, which I just HAD to use! : ) There's an old country song, "Thank God and Greyhound She's Gone!" HAHAHA!
We spent Sunday night at a lovely anchorage (Yarborough Cut) just south of treacherous Baffin Bay, and the dogs ran up and down the beach so hard yesterday (Monday) morning, that they slept all the way to Corpus Christi!
We were grateful for 3 days of perfect weather with our friends on Bootlegger, and Flying Dogs lived up to her name! This boat is FAST under sail, and we had plenty of wind in protected waters. Last night, we were tied up to Snoopy's restaurant at the foot of the JFK causeway bridge in Corpus Christi and had a great meal there. The laughing gulls did keep us awake, though, which was no laughing matter, since we had to leave at the crack of dawn this morning to cross CC Bay before the wind picked up. With such an early start, we arrived at the Hook and Bull yard by noon! Bootlegger tied up to a barge there, but we headed out to Mud Island anchorage. It was so rough by then that we turned back and are anchored just outside the ICW channel across from the yard. We may move there tomorrow if the wind dies down, but it's blowing HARD right now out of the SE, so we're pretty content right here!
It's going to be tricky seeing friends here in Rockport, but we'll figure out a way. We don't want to tie up to a marina, but that's certainly the easiest! We're cruising now, so we need to stay at anchor. : )
We really enjoy traveling with Candy and Orville, and plan to hang out in the area while they get their boat hauled and painted. In the meantime, there are projects we can do on Flying Dogs, too.
I'll let you know when we're back on the "road" to Florida. If you don't hear from us, it means we're still here!

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