April 23, 2014
Biloxi - Point Cadett Marina
We got up early, headed over to the marina for fuel and a pump-out, and then helped the others get out of their slip. We had an 8:30 bridge call and it opened without a problem so we were on our way.
The trip through the sound was fine and we had really decent wave action. The treck up the Biloxi Channel was a bit rolley, but not too bad. We settle in, walked Miss Lexi and met the others to go to dinner. We had a very nice dinner at Red's in the Casino. Early evening... then off to bed.
April 24, 2014
Orange Beach - The Wharf Marina
The morning was beautiful and we got a nice early start. We made good time across the east part of the Mississippi Sound and on through Mobile Bay. It was a bit choppy the last way until we were inside the land mass but we made our way to the marina without any major "wake" from the flurry of go-fast-boats that always speed through there... and on a Sunday, it was just terrible. Coming in, we noticed these odd shaped concrete things that we found out were artificial reefs. Cool.
We got up the next day and got our dinghy's down and had a fun ride down to Lulu's for our usual Cheeseburger in Paradise. I looked for one of my favorite T-shirts, but the were out. On the way back, Diane and I stopped for a geocache.
We left on Tuesday with the Eddingtons, who had rented a car, to head back for a quick trip home. I have to say, being in the back end of a Kia for 10 hours was not my idea of fun. But getting to the kids was well worth it. The kids are getting so big and are really starting to interact more and we had such a great time with them.
On Friday, we got up at the butt-crack of dawn and headed back to Orange Beach. When we got to the boat, Al walked in to a water coming down through the a/c vent in the salon! The floor was wet and we had a mess on our hands. We got things cleaned up, pulled out the barrel fan and started trying to figure out what was going on. Josh and Barb had rented a car and gone to Pensacola to nail down a slip for themselves so that they would have a place to stay while they went home for Daniel's graduation. Since they still had the car, and we had ours, we headed over to the Bar-b-que for dinner. Al and I were dog tired being in the car, discouraged by the water issue and not so hungry, but they do have good food. We shared a little pulled pork sandwich plate. And then when done we went back to the boat and called it an early night. The A/C in the back did not seem to have a problem so we were good for the night and decided we would get to bed and deal with our A/C problem in the morning.
Saturday we were up early and started dealing with the a/c. We could not determine if it was just condensation or if there was an obstruction in the drain line... or maybe the new gulper shower pump did not sense the water and turn on to pump out the condensation. Al use a water hose to blow out the drain line and we put tape down in our master floor drain to help with the pump air lock in case it might be that.
We went with the Eddingtons to pick up some insulation tape and ran a few more errands then went to the beach road to have some "she crab soup" at the Crab Trap. We had been talking about it all weekend.... well, we got there and it was not available.... out of season. Disappointed. But we grabbed something any and headed to Flora-Bama. A bar on the state line that we had heard so much about. Really cool place. Huge, rambling bulidings down to the beach. There were several different bands set up in throughout, each playing and people milling about. It was really nice because it was not very busy. I imagine it would be a zoo when busy. We played a Shuffle Board match.... which I lost for us because I was on the phone. Then we headed back to the boat so we could go to the car show. There was a huge event, well over 100 cars, at The Wharf and we strolled around for a while. When we got back to the boat we wrapped the duct work under the helm to try to stop some of the air leak and seal it to try to stop some of the condensation. We headed over to Ginny Lane for dinner.
Sunday, we got up and Al called Greg Heck to ask about the water. He confirmed that it was just the condensation. The humidity here is awful. 98% and dripping... and not that terribly hot. So we cleaned everything up and decided we would just make sure we have a pad down to catch any leak for a while.
Al added transmission fluid to the reservoir and pumped it up then we cleaned up the fly bridge and got things back to normal. The girls went for groceries and then the guys went to West Marine and I got the boat cleaned up downstairs and groceries put away. I did a few loads of laundry and then we just hung out on the boat the rest of the afternoon watching golf and napping.
We went to dinner at Hot Spot with Josh and Barb. Diane and Curtis went into Biloxi to have dinner with friends. We had a nice dinner and when we got back Al worked on our A/C issue. He disconnected the condensation lines to the gulper pump... left it open as an air vent and we will see how it works.
Tuesday we got the boat ready to leave and decided to spend the day on a dinghy run with the Eddingtons. We first went to check out Barber Marina. It is a really nice facility. Pretty isolated but they do have a courtesy car. But it is a good, safe, cheap $1/ft slip alternative. We plan to go there on our way back.
We then stopped at Flippers for lunch. A terrible marina... but wonderful restaurant. We went on down and around to the gulf outlet but it was so rough we did not stay long and never got out of the dingy. We then headed over to Orange Beach Marina to top off our gas tanks. On the way back Diane and Curtis stopped for a geocache but were not able to find it. The water on the way back was really rough. But it was a really good day.
We rushed to get back and dressed for dinner and met Barb and Josh at the Mexican restaurant. It was $2 Tuesday Tacos. The were not anything to write home about. Now... we are off tomorrow for Pensacola.
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