S/V Longhawk scheduled a bridge opening at 8:00 am so the plan was to leave the dock at 7:30 am. I was walking back to the boat with Teak before heading out and I looked to the side of the dock and saw what looked like a log. I looked again and the log had eyes and they were looking at me (or rather at Teak!). I grabbed Teak up in my arms real fast, yelled "gator" and got back on the boat as fast as I could.
This is the bow of our boat and the gator was just on the other side of the dock.
Gator had a good time swimming up and down this thin strip between land and the dock.
Bye bye New Orleans and SeaBrook Marina
Through the bridge by 8:15 am
As we entered the ICW, we told Delayed Gratification that we were going to pick up our speed. We had a long way to go and wanted to get to Biloxi before dark. They are slower than us and planned to do some anchoring out. We will meet up with them at the Wharf on Monday.
11:20 AM, hello Mississippi Sound!
Thank you for giving us a great day to cross!
Very few dolphins sightings
We arrived in Biloxi and were all tied up by 6:00 PM. While we were settling our bill, they were telling us that we need to check on their pricing on our way back. It looks like Biloxi thinks their docks are worth the same as Ft. Lauderdale. They are planning on raising the price to $2.50 a foot. I guess the plan is to chase everyone away. It seems that Tillman Fertitta and some new Biloxi officials are playing a political game. Fertitta still wants to buy the marina. What a shame!
It was a long day and we were all tired. We decided just to go to go up to the Golden Nugget for dinner. Lillies Restaurant (asian cuisine) in the casino was selected and I was not impressed. I like fried rice and the menu said House Fried Rice was $10.00, Beef, Chicken, Shrimp, Vegetable or Combination. I ordered Combination and the waitress said that would be $5.00 more. ????? I ended up with beef and it was so bland it would have been good for an old folks home. No flavor!
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