Clearwater Beach, Florida - Day 6 (Tarpon Springs, Florida)

We took the Jolly Trolley to Tarpon Springs with Betsy and Dave, aboard Fryedaze, and Jane and Tom, aboard Elizabear. Tarpon Springs is a Greek community famous for their sponge diving, handmade soaps, and amazing Greek food.

Beautiful skies!

Dave at the Jolly Trolley signage.

Time to board!

Tom, Jane, Dave, and Kay

Charlie found the fudge factory.

The smell of the warm chocolate is amazing.

Lunch was at Rusty Bellies Seafood.

Betsy with Mr. Rusty!

The pirate ship is receiving maintenance. It's the same one that about ran us over when we were docking in Clearwater this past week.

We stopped in for Hellas famous baklava to go!

The interior of Hellas was festive!

No shortage of handmade soaps in this town!

Charlie scored some nice cigars!

I have no idea what this means, but we had to stop here to get Gyros to go! This is the restaurant we ate at a few days ago and I wanted more for tomorrow!

We enjoyed the sponge factory and appreciated the free educational video!

You can't visit Tarpon Springs without taking home a sponge and air plant! So I did!

Who knew?!

Click here for Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks History

Demopolis, Alabama - Day 2

Yesterday, when entering Kingfisher Bay Marina, we felt "a log" get wedged into our port prop, and docked successfully. Today, Charlie dove under the boat to remove "the log". What he found was not a log! Looks like a haul out may be needed to investigate the new rattle sound. We enjoyed a marina-wide happy hour with locals here and many Loopers. Another Facebook Live Aboard connection was meeting Ann! Later we enjoyed some fantastic fried catfish at The Red Barn. Our server was the legendary Miss Edna, who has been a waitress there for 40 years! Great times!

Today's courtesy car was a lovely Buick Century.

He's going down and is armed!

"The Log" wedged in our prop.

Charlie's new "Prop-Bling"!

Great to meet Ann, our newest Facebook Live Aboard connection!

Miss Edna!

New Johnsonville, Tennessee - Day 2

We woke up to complimentary warm cinnamon rolls from the marina this morning. Such a nice treat, thank you Pebble Isle Marina!  We took the courtesy van today into the town of Waverly for provisioning. Another picture perfect day with bright sunny skies, 80 degree weather, and stunning views! We had a large group of Loopers dock today. We all gathered for docktails and then enjoyed a great dinner at the marina restaurant.

A touch of early morning fog.

Yum!

Flashback of Canada!

"XXX" Tennessee White Whiskey?  Sounds deadly, literally.

Today's transportation was a lovely Dodge Minivan.

Docktails.