I met a family from Kentucky on the Fort Pickens ferry doing double duty as Pensacola’s sunset cruise boat ($25 a person, full bar and snacks on board for the 90 minute trip).
They were oohing and aahing as a pod of dolphin cruised by and excused themselves for their excess enthusiasm. I smiled and told them no problem in Spanish which opened the floodgates.
They were from the port city of La Union in El Salvador, a town I have sailed to so we got to chatting. They were taken aback at the thought of driving to El Salvador when I explained our forthcoming trip. They of course identified my Italian accent so everything was normal.
Thick black clouds were forming over the city but I didn’t see any lightning which made me happy as Rusty was aboard GANNET2 snoozing in the air conditioning. Even had he been permitted I’d have left him ashore as he isn’t much of a sailor. I’m surprised Webb likes him anyway.
The ninety minute cruise takes you to Fort Pickens at the mouth of the bay and gets you back at the dock by 7:30 pm in the dark.
Hanging out chatting on the foredeck.
The Salvadoran kid slept through it all and the wind picked up when we turned back toward downtown Pensacola. The bay waters stayed smooth all the way. It would have made for lovely sailing.
Closing up the books on another successful cruise.
1 comment:
Fantastic! Thanks for taking us along.
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