DAY 50 - November 20, 2023

From the beginning of this adventure our plan has always been to stop somewhere around Mobile Bay and leave our boat at a marina for three months, then resume our loop in March. HOWEVER, we've had several systems on the boat break down and in need of repair. Therefore it would probably be less expensive if we take the boat home for the winter and do the repairs myself. That way we avoid marina storage fees and the expense of paying someone to do the repairs.

So, our boat is tied up at Dog River Marina in Mobile, Alabama. We have a rental car and will be returning home tomorrow. Sunday we'll return with our trailer. We've contracted to have the boat lifted out of the water and set on the trailer on Monday. Then we'll take a couple of days to bring the boat back home.

Early this morning we saw a shrimp boat pulling out of the harbor to go to work. While this was going on we were trying to locate a rental car. Do you know how hard it is to get a rental car for a one way trip the week of Thanksgiving? It's hard!

After picking up the rental car we secured our boat to the dock. There is rough weather coming in tonight so we had to do an extra good job of getting it tied. Once we left the boat we traveled to Gulf Shores, Alabama where we're going to meet my brother-in-law and his wife for lunch tomorrow. On the way we saw a Buc-ee's. Neither of us have been to a Buc-ee's before, do we stopped to check the place out.

This evening we ate dinner at Lulu's. This is a well know stop for loopers and we happened to see some of them there. Formerly owned by Jimmy Buffet, Lulu's is now owned and operated by Jimmy's sister, Lucy.