We will be staying in Fairhope for several days to enhance the rigging and wait on our boat buddies to get their rigging inspected and adjusted.

Today is THANKSGIVING so i get to go to Tamaras to eat!!! I heard the people in front of me say they didnt have a reservation so she sat them in the bar and i politely told her that i had called two to three weeks in advance and was told they were only taking walk ins. I got a great table and great service. The food was wonderful. Just like i had remembered.

After our great meal we decided to go driving around Fairhope area and look around. There are many cool places to see in this little town. We drove around and found the Fairhope municipal park where there were thousands of roses blooming surrounding the sparkling water fountain in the center. There was a wooden pier there so we decided to give it a walk and see what we could see. First we found the bulletin board with a chart of Mobil bay. There were several benches in Memory Of those special family members that had passed on along the sides of the pier. Weathered and faded you could still read most of the words on them. Walking up the pier to our right were several liveaboard sailboaters that dont take cleanliness and care part of their daily chores obviously. But the city is trying to get them to leave so they can rebuild or tear down the dock areas. It looks incredibly shallow and i couldnt tell you how long those boats were there for. One couple living aboard and old trawler has refused to leave easily i was told and they were holding up the progress. hahaha just not gonna give up not gonna do it, god love em! The little pier restaurant was closed hopefully it will reopen. That pier was once a great place you could tell. People with children were still fishing on the dock and one net fisherman. He caught a jellyfish and it made his hands numb as well as his mouth because you hold one end in your mouth while throwing it. He said you have to wash the net good to get that jellyfish juice off.

Captains log: If you are going to have a sailboat dont leave it to die in a slip!