Day 21: Offshore

APALACHICOLA, FL USA

"Gonna put the world away for a minute
Pretend I don't live in it
Sunshine gonna wash my blues away
Had sweet love but I lost it
Got too close so I fought it
Now I'm lost in the world tryin to find me a better way

Wishin' I was
Knee deep in the water somewhere
got the blue sky, breeze and it don't seem fair
the only worry in the world
is the tide gonna reach my chair
Sunrise, there's a fire in the sky
never been so happy
never felt so high
and I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise

Wrote a note, said "Be back in a minute"
Bought a boat and I sailed off in it
Don't think anybodies gonna miss me anyway
Mind on a permanent vacation
The ocean is my only medication
Wishin' my condition aint ever gonna go away

Now I'm knee deep in the water somewhere
Got the blue sky breeze blowin' wind thru my hair
Only worry in the world
is the tide gonna reach my chair
Sunrise, there's a fire in the sky
never been so happy
never felt so high
and I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise

This champagne shore watchin' over me
It's a sweet sweet life livin' by the salty sea
One day you can be as lost as me
Change your geography and maybe you might be

Knee deep in the water somewhere
got the blue sky breeze blowin' wind thru my hair
only worry in the world
is the tide gonna reach my chair
Sunrise, there's a fire in the sky
never been so happy
never felt so high
and I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise

Come on in
the waters nice
find yourself a little slice
grab a backpack
otherwise you'll never know until you try
when you lose yourself
you find a key to paradise"


-Zac Brown Band feat Jimmy Buffet "Knee Deep"


What a day.  Again we woke up to not a cloud in the sky.  It was great company to see an old friend, Leroy, last night, and we had fun as usual catching up and telling stories.  We were undecided whether or not we were going to make the short jump to Pensacola, FL or go offshore and run for Apalachicola.  We idled down the ICW for about two hours and got a glimpse of the gulf through one of the cuts.  It was flat calm.  How could we not run today?  We turned south and out in to open waters, put the cursor on Apalachicola cranked up the stereo volume put the throttle down and sat back and watched the water fly by.  Dolphins continuously came up on the boat and said hello jumping and leaping high in to the air.  We couldn't ask for a better day.  Duff made an amazing open roast beef sandwhich with mashed taters for lunch as the boat cut through the gulf.  
We reached Port Saint Joe which was our entrance back in to the ICW and continued through Cyprus swamps for another 15 miles before coming up to Apalachicola.  Now on the dock the sun is sinking down and only a glow is left on a still cloudless sky as a near full moon lights up the sky from the east.  We were given a few days off if wanted but we are making such good time we may not stop until Sarasota.  There has been talk about stopping in Clearwater which is just north of Sarasota and hanging out for awhile.  With only about 140 miles to go we could not have asked for a better trip thus far.  With the weekend fast approaching it is time to go see what town we want to spend it in before making the final jump to Sarasota.  
It doesn't get much better!


Sound Waves Out