Day 6,7, & 8

This is the closest city this site will let me use. If I had to do it again, I would not use Blogabond. Our current Lat/Long is LAT 29 12, LONG 088 46. We have spent 3 days and 2 nights on the water. It is hotter than HELL!!!! The water temperature is 84 degrees and you can feel the heat from the water around the boat. We have had little wind, maybe 5 knots and 0.5 to 1.0 foot seas (almost glassy). One or both engines have been running at all times to keep us at 5.5 to 6 knots. We work the nights in shifts. I get 8pm to 10 pm, Midnight to 2 AM, and 4 Am to 6 AM, Clark takes the other times and we share the days. Dolphin played on the bow one day, we caught a king fish while trolling a green and yellow squid, one lone crab floated by, and I saw the biggest trurtle in the world (he was camera shy)!!! We passed by an abandoned lighthouse off the La. coast and currently we are in the "Dead Zone", no marine life due to the Mississippi River flowing fresh water into the gulf. The water went from blue and clear to briny/brown the closer we got to the Mississippi. We expect to reach the Pensacola jetties tomorrow around 12:00 Noon. It has been so hot!! Clark finnally got the generator working last night and we had A/C to sleep in, it felt so good! The nights around La. produce shrimp boats like fleas, you have to be alert at night and have a sound radar for guidance. I am having a great time despite the slow go and heat.

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