Started our morning by going to the Farmers Market. Harley being older and wiser, he got to go with. Unfortunately Bonnie and Teddy, are just not ready for some of our outings and get left back at the boat.

While walking around the Farmers Market, we bought Authentic Tupelo Honey from Buddy Nachtsheim. The honey was sweet, and perfect. Buddy, was very nice and shared stories about his time as a barge captain and all the adventures he has been on.

On our way back from the Farmers Market we met some fellow loopers, Mark and Mary on the boat M2W. They had their dog River with them, she was so very sweet and Harley loved getting to play with her as we chatted about our plans for the crossing.

We dropped Harley off at the boat, and walked towards town. Apalachicola is such a darling town, everything was in walking distance and the people were so friendly.

We walked around and went to some of the stores in town. Jen got a new sweater. Kelly got Michael a Christmas present. It was fun walking around town, the weather was perfect.

We went to Oyster City Brewery. Mike and Jen had a few beers. Mill Pond Dirty Blonde was Jen’s favorite so she got a sticker to add to her collection. Jen has been getting stickers from all the places we have gone. While having a beer we ran into Buddy again, we chatted with him for a while and swapped life stories. He wrote two books, and was kind enough to sign a copy of them for us. We plan to read them in route on our travels.

After that, we walked to The Tin Shed. It is a nautical antique shop. They had a lot of really cool items from old boats. Mike and Kelly picked out a lantern, and Jen got an old crab pot buoy.

Dinner tonight was at tiny place in town, Hole in the Wall… OMG YUM! Which the name is an extremely accurate description, it’s a hole in the wall place. That is the best oysters we have ever eaten by far! The shrimp was perfect, and so were the crab claws. We loved this place, and highly recommend it to anyone who goes to Apalachicola.