Apalachicola, Land of the Friendly People

The Little Fishing Village of Apalachicola
is the End of the Line for Our Fall Cruise

Apalachicola is definitely “Old Florida.” Famous for its fresh oysters, Appalachicola employs a variety of seafood workers. It’s our favorite place to eat oysters. Apalachicola Bay is well protected by St. Vincent Island, Flag, Sand, St. George Island, and Cape St. George Island. We’ll leave Kismet tucked away in TCC Storage’s building, just across the bay in Eastpoint, while we drive the truck home to spend the holidays with family. We’ll return to pick up Kismet on January 1st for a winter of cruising in southern Florida.

This is our third time docking at Scipio Creek Marina. The restaurant, Papa Joe’s, is no longer in business at this location, but being just a short walk from downtown, it’s a great place to dock while visiting Apalachicola. The town is focused on providing a shopping experience for its visitors while maintaining that old Florida fishing village appeal. Just love Apalachicola!

We visited the New Papa Joe’s, now located downtown, just not the same atmosphere as when it was located at Scipio Creek Marina.

After one night docked at Scipio Creek Marina and a fun nautical shopping trip to the Tin Shed, we got down to business and prepared Kismet for storage. It’s always a lot of work to ready the boat to store or launch it, but the fun we always cruising more than makes up for it.

One of our favorite nautical salvage stores, the Tin Shed provides a visual delight the moment one enters the building. If you can’t find something here to decorate your boat or house, you are just not looking hard enough.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Jim readied the truck and trailer for me to drive to the boat ramp while he drove the boat there.