There was a group of sailboats rafted up, plus many others just anchored throughout.

My brother and a friend made it out for a bit on his 1978 Sea Ray. Didn’t get any close up shots of his boat.

Our son enjoyed himself playing in the sand.

Pogo just chilled the entire time.

Here is a shot of Monomoy sitting pretty with her hook out.

This poor fella ran aground near Pensacola NAS. They had their diesel running and jib out attempting to list the boat over and power enough to get out. I don’t know how they ended up getting free, but they were gone this morning.

There were other boaters hanging out and cruising around.

There were some floating condos backed to the beach.

Jimmy Buffet on the radio and sipping the good stuff.

We carried firewood with us for roasting marshmallows on Robertson’s Island that night and enjoyed watching the dolphins.

The sky was clear with a full moon and a perfect view of the stars; Sailor Jerry’s Rum tasted extra good!

We slept in till about 6am Sunday morning, fixed breakfast, and made coffee. It was perfect.

Around 8:30am we made our leisurely way back to Chico arriving around noonish.

Here’s a map of our weekend traveling.

We shoved off from the dock around 4:30pm on Friday and headed to Ft. McRee. The temp was great over Friday night.

We got up around 5am Saturday morning, fixed coffee and had breakfast, then went for a couple of hours sail before returning to Ft. McRee around noon.

Had lunch, then went swimming. The water was crystal clear, so I took the opportunity to scrub my prop and glance over the entire boat bottom. The color and clarity of the water reminded me of the Bahamas.

Around 2:30pm we were getting cleaned up from all the swimming and noticed Nightwatch prepping to drop the hook, so my son and I dinghy’d over to say “HI” after they settled in. After touring Nightwatch, which is an absolute beautiful vessel with obvious hard work put into her, we were invited back for 5pm cocktails. So my wife, son, and I headed back over for cocktail hour and really enjoyed ourselves chatting the evening away with Ralph and Mary.

As the sun set on Saturday, the three of us headed back to our own boat to cook some dinner and turn in for the night.

We woke around 5am Sunday morning, had coffee and breakfast, then headed on back home so we could visit with my mother for a while, since it was her birthday.

Carol commented how this was one of the best sailing weekends we’ve had in a long time. It was perfect all around.

Ralph and Mary, it was a pleasure to finally meet with you both in person.