Ahh…Florida It has been too cold…..38 at night and 62 high today, but it’s fun. The shrimp boats in the sunset are from last night at Panama City and the dolphins are from today on our trip to Carribelle, FL.
The dolphins found us in every bay where there was deeper water. Surprisingly, some of the very large bays, like Apalachicola are only 2 to 8 ft. deep. They look like huge, deep bays but we in over half of the areas we can only go where there is a channel dredged to 12 ft. for the ICW. 
However, in the deeper (35 ft.) bays, dolphins abound and there were frequently 2 or 3 of them playing in our wake. I only got the good pictures of them jumping by taking about 30 pictures (aren’t digital cameras great? …..just delete the bad pix). At first I would wait for them to start a jump and press the shutter button. I was able to get at least a dozen perfect shots of a dolphin tail and the 
splash. Then I tried pressing the shutter button whenever they looked like they might be getting ready to jump. Doing this, I got 20 pictures of just our wake and 2 pictures of a dolphin in the air. They also just come up slightly above the surface or stick their head out just to eye you and see what you are and what you are doing.
We’ll be here in Carribelle for 2 days waiting for good weather to cross the open waters of the Gulf to Steinhatchee. It’s only 90 miles total, but the forecast for tomorrow is OK in the AM and then 4 to 7 ft. waves late in the afternoon, and that’s when we’d be finishing the crossing. NO Thanks! Then Friday is more 4 to 7 ft. waves and some 6 to 8 ft. so we’ll wait for Saturday to cross, when it’s supposed to 3 to 4 ft. AM and 2 ft. PM waves. We have 2 more days after that of open water cruising, but always near the coast where we can just quit and go to a safe spot to anchor if we don’t like the waves. "The boat can take more than the crew can".....ya’ know. After we get to Florida’s West Coast, it’s all cruising in protected waters until we make another open water crossing from the Everglades to Marathon Key to start our Keys cruising.
We bought an airline approved dog transporter to bring Daisy home with us for the holidays. Daisy’s gonna’ have some learning experiences too.
splash. Then I tried pressing the shutter button whenever they looked like they might be getting ready to jump. Doing this, I got 20 pictures of just our wake and 2 pictures of a dolphin in the air. They also just come up slightly above the surface or stick their head out just to eye you and see what you are and what you are doing.We’ll be here in Carribelle for 2 days waiting for good weather to cross the open waters of the Gulf to Steinhatchee. It’s only 90 miles total, but the forecast for tomorrow is OK in the AM and then 4 to 7 ft. waves late in the afternoon, and that’s when we’d be finishing the crossing. NO Thanks! Then Friday is more 4 to 7 ft. waves and some 6 to 8 ft. so we’ll wait for Saturday to cross, when it’s supposed to 3 to 4 ft. AM and 2 ft. PM waves. We have 2 more days after that of open water cruising, but always near the coast where we can just quit and go to a safe spot to anchor if we don’t like the waves. "The boat can take more than the crew can".....ya’ know. After we get to Florida’s West Coast, it’s all cruising in protected waters until we make another open water crossing from the Everglades to Marathon Key to start our Keys cruising.
We bought an airline approved dog transporter to bring Daisy home with us for the holidays. Daisy’s gonna’ have some learning experiences too.
1 comment:
What a great shot of the Dolphin jumping! It looks like you need to invent a "1A anticipator" for your digital camera that knows ahead of time when to take the picture!
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