Where have all the young men gone...

No, I am not young.  But, I am here!

Lots of people still in the area today, but we didn't run into many on the water.  Well, we didn't go that far.  The weasels were calling for winds 17 gusting to 31.  I guess everyone stayed on shore.  I would have guessed the wind around 18 while we were out.

Mostly, we just wanted to go for a boat ride.  I kept us in comfortably protected water.  Coming up on the "Y" at the ship channel...

Fifty bonus points for the meaning of that black and white daymark.*

Looking east towards SPI...

A slight chop on the water, but comfortable in our metal catamaran.  Good visibility and blue sky, with SPI at the horizon.

Back in the turning basin, we saw these folks fishing...

One of 3 small boats we saw out there today - quite a change from yesterday.  Not ready to head for home, we took our "shrimpboat basin tour."  This small bait shrimper is getting a new cabin...

Yeah, a work in progress.  When spruced up, it will look like one of these...

Into the old basin, we saw this shrimper (much bigger) being freshened up...

Heading back in our canals, only a few birds out and about, as well...

No dolphins today, but we had decided to give that a "day off" unless they tracked us down.

Over to the island for an early supper - plenty of people there, but looks like most will be heading home as the weekend winds down (restaurant lots full, not so much with the hotels).  Tomorrow should be pretty quiet.  A stop at Wally World before heading home; mostly quiet aisles... hardly any shopping cart barricades.  ;-)  Gas was down to $2.02 there; it is up 20¢ per gallon ($2.33) for the weekend at the fuel dock on the water. 

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*  If you said, "That is a location daymark, letting boaters know 'don't go there'," you get 25 bonus points.  "Don't go there," because that is an island you will run into.  ;-)