Bob's Junkets: The Second Leg

We're back in Apalachicola.

We have returned for the second leg of the trip and who knows how many legs there will eventually be? We have lost Jeff as a crew member and he couldn't be happier. I guess the broken down mariner's life isn't for everyone. We have, however, gained our newest crew member pictured below, Ronnie, my sixteen year old son who is having a ball so far.

We have retained the old standby... that would be Wayne, now warmly referred to at the VFW as "Gilligan". They took to calling me "Skipper". The "Cabin Boy" is still my grandson, Mitchell. He claims he wouldn't miss it for the world. Ronnie and Mitchell, together, have been catching fish and collecting blue crabs as fast as they can haul 'em in.

My New Crew Member

True to our tradition, the starboard engine wouldn't start

So we had Paul out who figured it was just a fuel filter problem

Mitchell & Ronnie pose with some of the first of 15 "cats" for the day

Wayne giving filleting lessons

Ronnie filleted 'em for a little while and then took to the pool. However, our star cabin boy finished every single fish and let me tell you there were a mess of 'em. My daughter Nicole, Mitchell's mom, was still on board when the fish fry came off and we could not eat all that they caught. The picture below shows Mitchell holding up an "Angel cat".