This 14' alligator was on the other side of Scipio Creek, and I was hoping he would come closer for scraps as the fishing guides were cleaning fish at the end of our dock, but he disapeared into the marsh, his eyes were huge yellow dots even from a distance, I think his name is Lumpy.
Bob shuckin' oysters out at the Binkley estate about a 1/2 hour out of Carrabelle Fl, a big bonfire, a sack of oysters, good company, fresh shucked "peas"with bacon that Barbara made a pot full of, DELICIOUS! We need to get her recipe, but where will we ever find "field peas" in MN? Capt Greg Binkley (tow boat Capt we met on the Mississippi years ago) puts a grate full of oysters over the fire, waits for one to "pop" then Bob and Greg shuck them with a heavy glove and oyster knife, another night that money can't buy.........friends.
The infamous Capt Greg Binkley aboard his new sailboat "Passages" I of course had to place our friend Mr Raccoon on his cockpit deck to surprise him, "damn, there's a coon on my boat!" He fixed us up with a gunny sack of oysters which we will start to eat today, think we will start our morning with "Hangtown Fry!" and I see a bottle of champagne and some raw oysters on the aft deck for dinner this evening! Maybe an oyster po'boy for lunch?
The boat ahead of us Seabreezes left this morning at 7am for Clearwater, we opted to wait it out as we want a wider weather window, we may just wait until Tuesday afternoon as that is when the window seems to open enough for us to skip across the Gulf of Mexico, and we may go all the way to Ft. Meyers. This was the sunrise that we woke to this morning, as we watched our neighbor glide off the dock toward the Gulf.
This 14' alligator was on the other side of Scipio Creek, and I was hoping he would come closer for scraps as the fishing guides were cleaning fish at the end of our dock, but he disapeared into the marsh, his eyes were huge yellow dots even from a distance, I think his name is Lumpy.
Bob shuckin' oysters out at the Binkley estate about a 1/2 hour out of Carrabelle Fl, a big bonfire, a sack of oysters, good company, fresh shucked "peas"with bacon that Barbara made a pot full of, DELICIOUS! We need to get her recipe, but where will we ever find "field peas" in MN? Capt Greg Binkley (tow boat Capt we met on the Mississippi years ago) puts a grate full of oysters over the fire, waits for one to "pop" then Bob and Greg shuck them with a heavy glove and oyster knife, another night that money can't buy.........friends.
The infamous Capt Greg Binkley aboard his new sailboat "Passages" I of course had to place our friend Mr Raccoon on his cockpit deck to surprise him, "damn, there's a coon on my boat!" He fixed us up with a gunny sack of oysters which we will start to eat today, think we will start our morning with "Hangtown Fry!" and I see a bottle of champagne and some raw oysters on the aft deck for dinner this evening! Maybe an oyster po'boy for lunch?
The boat ahead of us Seabreezes left this morning at 7am for Clearwater, we opted to wait it out as we want a wider weather window, we may just wait until Tuesday afternoon as that is when the window seems to open enough for us to skip across the Gulf of Mexico, and we may go all the way to Ft. Meyers. This was the sunrise that we woke to this morning, as we watched our neighbor glide off the dock toward the Gulf.
