On Sunday the weather was to start turning "yucky" in the afternoon so Al, Kay, Josh and I rode our bikes (needed some exercise!) to West Marine and then we toured the other side of The Wharf where the big amphitheater and water park was. Not much else going on, just the same things as before - walk the shops at The Wharf and out to eat. Beth and Randy and Susan's friends Patty and Dick have cars so all of the girls went shopping.
Al and Kay have red lights on their back deck and we have blue!
Beth and Randy had other plans for dinner and Susan and Jerry went back to the condo with Patty and Dick so it was just the six of us.
Monday morning around 5:30 AM the front came through with gusty winds and heavy rain. It did not last long - thank goodness. When I got up to take Teak out it was still blowing (which was expected all day and into tomorrow) and the temperature was starting to drop. A good day to stay inside and read! The Wharf Marina takes used oil so Josh decided to change the engine oil while Al and Ron changed theirs also. Another maintenance item down!
When I got up on Tuesday morning the temperature was 33! Brrrrr! I hope it's going to start getting warmer. Teak may like this weather but I do not! It was starting to look like our Florida and Alabama time was coming to an end. Our plan was to leave tomorrow morning for Biloxi. The weather indicated that we would have two good weather window days to do Mobile Bay and Mississippi Sound so we started getting the boat ready for our departure. Josh call Biloxi for a slip and then decided to call New Orleans, Pontchartrain Landing. They said someone would call us back. It was getting close to 4 PM and we still did not have a call back so Josh called again and was told that they have no open slips available. Someone rented all the slips until the end of the year. Not Good! Decisions, decisions! Do we want to go to Biloxi and hang out there with no floating docks and with the winds that they are predicting or stay put with floating docks? We decided to stay put and maybe rent a car and go home. We need to take care of our medical insurance renewal situation for next year because we just found out that it's due by December 15th. Of course, everything that we need to make an intelligent decision is at home! During our (supposed to be) last meal together with Beth, Randy, Al, Kay, Linda and Ron, we informed everyone about the situation and our new plan. Ron and Linda still plan to head out first thing in the morning but now they will go offshore to Venice instead of meeting us in New Orleans. Go with the flow - things happen for a reason!
When I got up on Tuesday morning the temperature was 33! Brrrrr! I hope it's going to start getting warmer. Teak may like this weather but I do not! It was starting to look like our Florida and Alabama time was coming to an end. Our plan was to leave tomorrow morning for Biloxi. The weather indicated that we would have two good weather window days to do Mobile Bay and Mississippi Sound so we started getting the boat ready for our departure. Josh call Biloxi for a slip and then decided to call New Orleans, Pontchartrain Landing. They said someone would call us back. It was getting close to 4 PM and we still did not have a call back so Josh called again and was told that they have no open slips available. Someone rented all the slips until the end of the year. Not Good! Decisions, decisions! Do we want to go to Biloxi and hang out there with no floating docks and with the winds that they are predicting or stay put with floating docks? We decided to stay put and maybe rent a car and go home. We need to take care of our medical insurance renewal situation for next year because we just found out that it's due by December 15th. Of course, everything that we need to make an intelligent decision is at home! During our (supposed to be) last meal together with Beth, Randy, Al, Kay, Linda and Ron, we informed everyone about the situation and our new plan. Ron and Linda still plan to head out first thing in the morning but now they will go offshore to Venice instead of meeting us in New Orleans. Go with the flow - things happen for a reason!
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