Sunday Nov. 17

0 miles

Today we did more sightseeing by car with Jim and Karen. We drove south along the Gulf coast to a quaint little turn-of-the-century fishing village called John’s Pass. Located on the waterfront there are over 100 hundred merchants offering a variety of unique shopping, restaurants, fishing fleet, dolphin watching, boat rentals, (you get the picture).

 

This sculpture is called “The Hand of Fate” and is a memorial to all Florida fishermen lost at sea.

 

The sign under it reads;

 

Fisherman’s Prayer:

I pray that I may live to fish…..

until my dying day.

And when it comes to may last cast,

I then most humbly pray:

When in the Lord’s great landing net

and peacefully asleep

That in His mercy I be judged

big enough to keep.

Every night people gather at the beach to watch the sunset and get treated to the local street performers showing off. Well tonight Randy got his 15 minutes of fame when one of the performers of an acrobatic act included him in their act.

 

 Mermaids on the beach.

 

Monday Nov. 18

 ¼ mile

Took a walk on the beach in the morning, did some wash, then it was time to say goodbye to Jim and Karen. Vacation was over and they had to catch a plane back to Knoxville. It sure was great to spend the past week sharing new experiences on the water with them. After they left we cut loose the lines and went on anchor just outside the marina. Tonight we will dingy in and go watch another sunset and see if Randy has any more hidden talents with the street performers.

Setting chairs out to get ready for the day.

 

 Wood Stork

 

 This BMW was completely covered with velvet.