Weather breifing, Buddy (Red Jacket), Nancy & Ross Hiner
Bob DeGroot, Buddy Venable & Ross
Carrabelle Police Station
Tom & Diann aboard "Spirit Dancer"
It is a good thing Carrabelle has a low crime rate because the Police Station here is the smallest in the world (see picture). In 1960 the police phone was located in a call box bolted to a building. Tourists were making unauthorized long distance calls on the police phone. In 1963 the sheriff decided to put in this phone booth to curtail illegal calls as well as provide officers shelter from the weather. It has been featured on TV programs Real People; Ripley’s Believe It or Not and the Today Show.
After breakfast with 6 other loopers, we had a meeting with Buddy Venable, the weather guru here at the Moorings. (He is in the blue cap and red jacket.) He has been advising boaters for 19 years on when it is safe to cross the gulf. Currently his weather readings say there might be a window Sunday afternoon or Monday but recommends waiting to cross if you have the time. We have a mechanic coming Monday morning to look at an engine antifreeze leak. So we will wait for the next opportunity.
After the morning weather meeting Nancy and I rode our bikes to town to spend some money but the best thing happening was the Dollar Store. Carrabelle has 2 hardware stores, 1 IGA grocery, a coffee house, some restaurants and a couple of bars. Tonight we had happy hour aboard “Spirit Dancer” a beautiful 49’ Defever owned by Bob & Kemba DeGroot from Texas, along with Nancy & Ross "Oddysea", and Alan & Peggy Hill ("Muriel June").
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