I hope everyone voted today.  Our grandson cast his ballot for the very first time.  We voted on absentee Florida ballots a few weeks ago.  As I write this, we are watching the election returns.

Today we traveled 46 miles to Carrabelle, FL and entered back into the eastern time zone.  We hope to position ourselves for the "Big Bend" crossing here in Carrabelle.  The landscape continues to change and is getting a bit more swampy looking.   As the weather pattern is shifting, the Captain is changing our plans accordingly.   Moving on may be delayed a day or so.  Tomorrow Ralph plans to talk to "Bud" at The Moorings Marina next door, who is said to be very knowledgeable about the weather and conditions on the Big Bend.

We're moored at C Quarters Marina.  This is really a neat little place.  They have a porch overlooking the water with lots of rocking chairs and it's a real gathering place in the afternoons.  The owner, George, recently adopted two  Australian Sheep Dogs (brother and sister) found walking together along the highway.  They also adopted a little cat that wandered by and had nowhere to be.  There's a little duck named Aflack who has a little house on our finger pier, and two herons named Gilbert and Ernie (I think).  Striper had a wonderful time with all the dogs on the porch and especially liked Sofia, a little shih tzu.

Today we walked a block to the local IGA Market for milk, bread and produce. The store is immaculately clean and well stocked.  The staff is courteous and friendly.  I found the prices to be about average for this area and the produce was a little high, but it was good quality. I was so happy to find a loaf of  pumpernickel from their bakery.  When we returned I did two loads of wash at the laundromat on site and we took a little walk around part of the town. 

This evening we had dinner at The Fisherman's Wife Restaurant which came highly recommended by the consensus on the porch.  We enjoyed grilled shrimp, a crispy salad, cheesy grits, grilled potatoes and hush puppies.  And of course, sweet tea and for dessert we shared a warm piece of derby pie -- chocolate chip pecan.  Everything was very good and our waitress was delightful. The shrimp boats come into this harbor every day and the owner's husband is a shrimper.  How fresh can you get??

Attached are a few of today's photos:

The gathering vultures as we left White City this morning

I like the interesting changes in the landscape

Looking swampy now.

We went through this railroad bridge near Apalachicola

Entrance to Apalachicola, FL

I thought these buildings were interesting

The Fisherman's Wife Restaurant, Carrabelle, FL

A walk through Carrabelle

I loved the rockers and the little grill and chiminea at this house

Along our walk

A sweet little home

Aflack

The porch at C Quarters -- the Captain is conversing with the locals

A lot of locals use golf carts to get around -- Clifford has this ATV which cracked us up