We had a successful trip home and back to retrieve our truck and trailer out of storage. Our road trip south was two long days of driving, but it was a kick to cross the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers on bridges that we had traveled under by boat, and we spent the night in Paducah, KY, one of our favorite towns on the rivers.
At our marina’s boat launch, we hauled Dragonfly out at low tide and slack current—the first time it’s been out of the water since last August. We’re spending two nights aboard on land before heading east tomorrow and launching in Sanford, FL. Our trusty vessel is temporarily a camping trailer.
We have no immediate plans to return to Carrabelle, but if we ever do cross the Big Bend, we’ll likely start or end here. Conditions on the Gulf are improving, and a group of Loopers are leaving tomorrow to go straight across to Clearwater, but we’re sticking with our decision to cruise the St. Johns River next.
Here are some parting scenes from Carrabelle, FL:
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| Shrimp boats on the waterfront |
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| Derelict sailboat in the river; exposed shoal at low tide |
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| One more sunrise |
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| Evening fog—the first we’ve seen in Florida |
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