On Wednesday March 8th, OMG! I have set sail and traveled a most wonderous day on my journey. Although I started out on a very foggy morning, the rest of the day was perfect. The fog created some barge problems, but I was very lucky and did not get stuck too often behind the long long of barges on the Gulf ICW. I passed more than 100 barges today. Most of them were double wide or several containers long. Each container is 300 feet.

All the barge captains were very nice and helpful.

I blew by my original stop, Stingaree, at 11:15 this morning, but I did not reach my second stop so I had to find a place before dark, and my TCU calls. I located a private anchorage that is very remote and just off the ICW so the constant barge traffic is not a problem. Gnarly is fast to sleep. I am exhausted, but I have some things to do. I have a couple of student interviews to do, and perhaps I might eat something. I will post some updated pictures later, and a map of what I did today. Stay t.