Thursday January 7, 2010

The Boat Marina, Fort Walton Beach Florida
Tug come over for breakfast. We cooked French toast with Arkansas honey for the topping. After breakfast, I would play a song on my guitar and then Tug would sing a sea shanty. We alternated back and forth until noon when Bill arrived to take us out for lunch. Tug said that he would rather stay on the boat and write a letter of recommendation for one of his students. Bill took me to his favorite Thai restaurant. Delicious and spicy food. We then drove to Destin and he gave me a tour of the commercial fishing dock. Lots of boats rigged for fishing and all of them were tied up a the dock. It was too cold for customers and most of the captains were someplace else where it is warm. We heard that the shallow water fish have headed south for warmer water. Fish are lucky. They can travel without regard to the weather forecast.
Bill told me that the K of C was having a Bingo night. It was warm in the hall and if I had any extra time I was welcome to volunteer my time. Told him that I would. He then said that he would be willing to drive to Tallahassee on Sat evening to pick up Dave Luther at the airport. I called Dave and told him that he had a ride and that we would be starting from Ft Walton Beach.
The temps in the afternoon soared to 62 degrees as the moist Gulf air blew in from the south. This warm moist air then collided with the cold north wind and produced a very cold rain. They expected it to snow but it thankfully it never did.
Tug made a fish chowder. We talked in the warm cabin of Water Mark for several hours before Tug returned to Adventure for a nights sleep.