Our first landfall after the 130 mile Gulf crossing was at Carabelle, FL. This tiny town is on the easternmost end of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, about 1 mile upriver on the Carabelle River.

We got a slip for the HUCK FINN at the C-Quarters marina. Just to be able to plug in the air conditioner was worth the whole cost.

Here you see capt. Brion sitting on the stern of the HUCK, on Sat. morning , July 29. During a brief walk down Main Street I spotted the "World's Smallest Police Station." Hard to argue with that claim!

Later that morning we left for Panama City, where the boat would be left for a week while the captain drives back to St. Pete. to pick up Nial, the honorable 15 yr. old crewmember flying down from St. Paul.