This is Fun???

Well, so much for non-stop fun. We're off the coast of Gulfport, MS in this incredibly large body of water that encompasses the ICW. Wthe wind is howling and the seas are rough like a bad day on Corpus Christi Bay. It's just about as deep too, 14.5 feet. It's overcast, raining intermittenltly, but warm. So when you close the windshield for the rain, it turns into a sauna up here in the flybridge. And.....Well, it wrote that yesterday just before typing on my phone made me seasick and I had to quit or vomit. After about 8 hours of sustained non-fun, the bay started to calm somewhat; we went from 4-5 foot rollers to 3-4 foot rollers. We actually saw some islands that seemed to break the wind, but the most unusual thing about the trees, they were just the main trunk part. Apparently, either Katrina or some storm ripped every appendage off of them and the island looked like a spit of sand with a bunch of toothpicks stuck into it. At the very top of each tree, there appeared to be some attempt at new growth. So a toothpick with a fuzzy top; strange site. Sad really.
We anchored last night behind Dauhpin Island, AL. The wind was still blowing 15-20kts. We just wanted some calmer water which we found in the lee of the island. After 4 attempts to anchor, we finally caught the bottom. We were both exhausted, the cat had been sick and Hailey decided that today was when she wanted to rejoin us in the flybridge. She had abandoned trying to climb the steep stairs and had been hanging out entirely downstairs. Of all days to decide to climb. So much water was breaking over the bow, even I had started using the rear ladder to avoid getting soaked with saltwater. We had a quick dinner of leftover spaghetti and even though we wanted to hit the sack at 8PM, we forced ourselves to stay up until 9.
We motored today to Dog River Marina, in Mobile Al. It was about a 5 hour day and true to Fletcher luck, a large rain/wind shower struck about 20 minutes from trying to dock. We wisely decided to hold out with 3-4 other smaller boats. The wind gusted to 45kts and the rain came down in sheets. But it passed in about 25 minutes and we got a wonderful fresh water rinse to wash away all the crusted on salt from yesterday.
We had great help at the dock and are parked in a slip for about 10 days. It doesn't sound like there is much within bike range but there is a courtesy Crown Vic available, just put gas in it. You can take it for 2 hours and we're up in 30 minutes for out turn. We need to check out the town and find out for ourselves what's available.
We'll keep you posted.