A Cloudy Day in Paradise

What? Every day is not going to be sunny? We have had such lovely days.  We are spoiled!  We wanted to leave Gulfport today, so we listened to the marine weather forecast from NOAA and did our chores and waited for the tide to rise.  We left at 11:20 am after getting a pump-out at the marina.
We had an easy trek planned - across the bay to Anna Maria Island.  The sun never really broke through consistently.  There was fog in the offing and damp wind.  About half way through the trip, the waves grew and pushed against our starboard side.  We rocked so that I had to stay seated and couldn't relax.

Here is the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, a misnomer today.  You can see how gloomy it is.

Once we ducked into Bimini Bay behind Anna Maria Island, the wind died down, and the sun peeked out.  I envisioned us paddling and walking across to the beach.  We anchored in 13 feet of water.
Lots of other boaters came out too.  But the sun quickly exited.  It is just a grey day.

We are surrounded by houses on this small bay.  Here's the view from our starboard side.

At home this day would be perfect for reading and sitting in front of a fire.  We are reading and napping and being glad that we are cozy here.  We're tired after staying up to watch the ACC Championship game last night.  Too much excitement and food and drink for too long.  Tech and FSU both played great, but Tech lost.  It was a terrific game.  We walked to town and visited several spots, trying to find the best seat in front of the tv.  We came home from O'Maddy's at 11:30 pm in the Swoop Taxi.  This is a stretch golf cart with seating for seven plus the driver.  It's free.  You just tip the driver.  Cool idea.  Sorry I didn't get a photo.

As we walked to town, we saw Christmas decorations.  This one has a naughty and nice list on the pole to left.

Happy Captain in his Tech sweater.

The sun is sneaking out between layers of clouds again as I write.  I bet we get a good sunset.