Thursday Nov. 7

9 miles   0830-1000   Ingrams Bayou to Orange Beach, FL.

It was a little cooler today at 65 degrees and very windy. Today was a short day because we wanted to stop at the Flora-Bama in Orange Beach. The Flora-Bama is a roadhouse built right on the border of Florida and Alabama with 5 different bars in it. For the next 2 weeks they are having a Country Song Writers Festival. These performers are coming from all over to play and sing at the roadhouse. From the marina we just had to cross the street to get to the roadhouse and from there a few more steps and we were at the beach on the Gulf of Mexico. We didn’t last long on the beach because the wind was blowing too strong. We spent the evening listening to some new and upcoming talent. Some of these performers were very good.

  Flora-Bama roadhouse from the dock.

 

Flora-Bama from the road.

 

Flora-Bama from the beach.

 

 

 

 

 

 Flora-Bama Yacht club. Not your typical Yacht club.

You can walk in here wearing a T-shirt and shorts.

 

 

Friday Nov. 8

60 miles   0950-1630    Orange Beach to Ft. Walton, FL.

The temperature and the winds were about the same today. Most of our time traveling today all we had separating us from the Gulf of Mexico was a very narrow piece of land. Sometimes wide enough to have high rise condos and other times sandy beaches. Several times during our ride dolphins would swim along side of us. I was standing on the side of the boat trying to get some pictures of jellyfish that were floating past and 2 dolphins jump out of the water right next to me. If they had jumped 2 feet higher I would have been able to touch them. Sooooo cool!!!!!!! 

We stopped for the night at a free dock in Fort Walton, FL.