“There is more to life
than increasing its speed.” —Ghandi
We
knew a cold front was going to move through the area today, bringing high winds
and rain, so we left our beautiful anchorage in good time this morning. We decided
we’d move over to the free dock in Welaka. Our cruise today was only eight
miles…these long days are getting rough! Most of Welaka's dock space is for
shorter day boats. A lot of people on the river have pontoon or bass boats. The
only spot larger enough for us was on the end of the pier. Three thick pilings
cabled together, which is called a dolphin, stood at the edge of the dock. Docking
wasn’t too hard, but getting fenders adjusted to protect the boat from the large clusters of thick
pilings was a bit more challenging and getting off the boat meant stepping
across about 24” of water. Once we were tied up we took a quick walk around
this little town and talked to a few people fishing on the pier. They told us about
a few creeks and springs we should explore in our dinghy…we love getting local
advice. We didn’t know about any of the places they talked about, so we have
added them to our list of things to do.
We
spent most of the afternoon on the boat…watching it rain and rocking in the
wind. It was a good day to get caught up on reading, paperwork and photo
editing. Sometimes it’s nice to have a slow day. We were looking forward to
eating at a little restaurant above the dock, called Café Bleu, but we found
out they’re only open Thursday through Sunday. Hopefully we can try it on our return
trip. We decided to go to another favorite place we’d heard about called Shrimp R Us…it was very good, but just your basic seafood restaurant. We spent the rest of the evening just relaxing on the boat.
One of the little streets in Welaka
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