After days of looking at the weather, we decided to make a run for it and start home. Josh and I woke up at 6:00 AM and Josh popped his head outside to see if it was foggy. Nope! So at 7:00 AM we pulled out of our slip in Port Aransas and began our journey home. The weather was calling for light winds but possible rain/thundershowers. Light wind prediction was good because we had open water crossing Aransas Bay and San Antonio Bay. As we left Port Aransas the dolphins were out in full force, playing all around and running with us constantly. It seemed like every time I got my camera out they would disappear. Not very photogenic today! It was a show just for us.
While crossing San Antonio Bay, along with the dolphins, we had seagulls. Lots of seagulls! I think they thought we were a shrimper! One seagull flew inches away from Josh's face. Most of the day was overcast with some light drizzle but as soon as we left the last open body of water, San Antonio Bay, everything changed. The wind picked up and the air turned cold. The weather station indicated it was blowing 24 kts, gusting 33 kts. The wind was heeling us over like a sailboat! We were hoping that it would pass before it was time to dock.
Around 1:45 PM we were heading into Costa Grande with some wind, but not like before. Josh decided to check out the open slips before deciding where we would pull in with this wind blowing. I had bumpers on both sides, ready just in case. We were heading for one slip but it did not have enough cleats so as Josh started to back away we hit something! I thought we were aground but Josh said we had plenty of water. I said we were stirring up sand and then I saw this big black plastic sheet starting to float and our boat started vibrating. Oh no, not the prop, please! We came around to the other side of the marina and were going to dock at the same slip as we were in on the trip down but as we were coming into the slip the boat wouldn't move. Not good. All I could see was us putting the boat sideways against all the slips. Josh finally was able to get the boat moving forward, circling away from the docks when I saw another big piece of black plastic float away from our boat. We contacted Ross and EJ and told them to stand by and to be on the lookout for the black plastic. Our boat finally started acting normally again so we must have been able to dislodge the plastic. We were able to pull into the slip and tie up. What an exhausting run! It was nap time for everyone but me. I started blogging!
Around 4:30 we started the grill and got things ready for dinner. We grilled a lot of food just in case we're held up somewhere for a day without an restaurant. Something to munch on! It rained off and on while grilling our food.
Teak the wonder dog did not have such a good day. First thing in the morning she was sick to her stomach. I guess getting up early upset her because she knew we were heading out to open water. She did settle down a little after we were out for awhile but still was not herself all day.
Teak the wonder dog did not have such a good day. First thing in the morning she was sick to her stomach. I guess getting up early upset her because she knew we were heading out to open water. She did settle down a little after we were out for awhile but still was not herself all day.
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