Last Gulf Night

This was our last day of gulf crossing. (whoo whoo) We spent all day on the Mississippi Sound traveling between the mainland and barrier islands in deep water. I was very apprehensive and feared we’d have high winds and seas, but we had neither. The sun was shinning and there was actually a cooler breeze most of the day. We could not have planned for a more enjoyable and calm cruise. Only a few times did we experience a few major rolls. Passing by Cat, Ship and Horn Islands it was evident that something big had blown through since there were no trees left on the islands, nothing but bare trunks remained. While crossing the Pascagoula shipping channel we felt it best to slow down and wait for a large tanker which was traveling south out into the Gulf. It’s hard to say how fast he was traveling; he had some major bow wave action going. We also had some good bow wave action going today and had a few dolphins come by to play. I’ll miss seeing them; I don’t think anything on the rivers will be playing in our bow waves.

We had decided we’d get this last leg of the gulf crossing done today so we traveled 60 miles. We’ve docked at the Daulphin Island Marina at the mouth of the Mobile Ship Channel. Tomorrow it’s a straight shot up the Mobile bay an on to the river systems. We rode our bikes to the grocery store just a few blocks away and BBQ’d on the aft deck while watching a beautiful sunset and enjoying our last night on the gulf.