In the morning, Jen pulled the anchor up. Unfortunately, the chain was twisted around the anchor swivel. It was too heavy to twist it manually or with a hook. After several minutes of all of us trying, Mike decided to pull up the anchor with some rope to create slack and take the weight off the twisted chain. Funny, how the simple solutions tend to be the best ones.

It was a was a great weather day. The water was calm and beautiful. We played music, the dogs took great naps and we really enjoyed the trip. Jen and Mike did most of the driving as they couldn’t rely on autopilot because of all the crab pots they had to dodge along the way.

Little Shark River Anchorage is a popular anchorage stop on the way to the keys. By sun down, there were 7 visible boats including our friends, “Miss Lily”. We heard that wifi and cell services is very weak so before we arrived, we let Michael know our location for safety purposes.

When we set the anchor, Mike had the boat in reverse and pulled back on the chain a little harder. It caused the chain to bounce and we weren’t certain about it so we pulled it up and tried again. The chain bounced again and we decided it must be fine.

It was a beautiful anchorage. We were surrounded by trees and marsh with a beautiful sunset across the gulf. That evening, we played a card game – Phase 10. It is a lot like the card game, Shanghai. Kelly won!!

We went to bed a little less worried about the anchor. Not sure when we will trust it.