Friday, November 6, 2015

Killer heat and good food

I promised a picture of the "doesn't get any better than this" beach bar. It's called Paddy's. After going there 4 nights in a row, last night I was entitled to order "the usual". The usual was a Stella, a Coors lite and a dozen raw oyster.
This is the bar.

And this is Darlene with yet another dozen.


We spent some time at the beach yesterday.

There's a reason they call this the Lost Coast of Florida.... There aren't a lot of people, condo's or shopping malls. Pine trees outnumber palms 100 to one. We had the beach to ourselves for a mile in each direction on numerous occasions.
We just went through 5 days of mid 30's temps and mid 90's humidity. Abnormally hot for this time of year in the Florida panhandle.

The boat did see salt water but the motor was unable. It seems the owner neglected to replace the water pump impeller on a timely basis so no cooling water for the motor, no boat ride with outboard power. We did paddle the canoe around a bit but decided to return to shore in the face of unfavorable winds and currents. (an inflatable canoe has the aqua-dynamics of a brick). I was so choked I didn't even take a picture to show proof of a (technically) completed bucket list item. I have however obtained the offending part and will hopefully have it installed soon.

A sunset pic or two.


Took these last night. Sorry about the flares (Dave), cheap camera.

Today we left St George Island State Park and are now at the Ho-Hum RV Park in Carrabelle FL. Andy, You may remember this place from about 15 years ago.
We are parked 15 ft from the water.


The main reason we stayed in this area was the Florida Seafood Festival, which started today in Apalachicola. We got there around 4 PM. We were not disappointed. Although there are numerous artists selling their wares, this party is all about seafood!!! 



This is what we brought back to the Unit for dinner tonight and probably tomorrow.
Deep fried clam strips (Bucket List!!),Gator on a stick, Jambalaya, frog legs, a giant crab cake and a Greek salad.
Life is good. Bye for now.


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