NOT AS ADVERTISED...

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22

Woke to overcast skies and forecast of rain.  Thought it best to pull up anchor early and get into Apalachicola (we'll call it AP from this point forward).  Went to pull on to the lay-along wall at AP Marina and found it had a broken cleat on the dock, I mean half of it was missing!  John was concerned about getting the boat tied up adequately as we knew some big winds were on the way.  The man who came to take our line, Jimmy, got very offended when we questioned the safety of the dock and said we were just negative people and we could just take our boat elsewhere.  This marina had just gotten high marks from another Looper and we were definitely having a very different experience and we weren't even tied up to the dock yet.  To the best of our knowledge at the time, there was no place else there that could accommodate a boat of our size and depth.  We tried to smooth things over with the man and calm him down.  We got tied up and John went to pay.  The actual office was about 1/2 mile away which means the bathroom was about 1/2 mile away.  We had power and water but that's about it.  John came back with a golf cart that apparently we get to use to traverse back and forth so at least there was that.  When John went to pay, Jimmy said 1 night?  John said how about 2 and the man begrudgingly took our money.  Go figure!

Weather was rainy and not nice.  We knew there were a bunch of other Loopers here so we took a ride down to the marina where most of them were staying and popped in on Sundowner.  They had a friend visiting, Gary and we all went out to lunch.  Then the guys headed for the Maritime museum and of course the girls were off to the stores.  

AP is a cute, little Old Florida kind of town.  Has a neat funky feel to it so we enjoyed just cruising around.  Met the guys at the Bowery for some beers and then back to the boat for a bite to eat before going to a local theater production of "Hallelujah Girls".  It was nice to do something different for a change and we all enjoyed it.

No pics for today's post as didn't even want to get my camera out!  Weather looks dismal for the foreseeable future so it looks like we'll be spending a chunk of time here one way or another.