Today we leave for the ICW out of Mobile Bay toward Pirates Cove. The water is calm as glass and the sun is out and our boat buddies are following behind. Entering in to the ICW we were greeted by beautiful graceful dolphins swimming along side of us and swimming at our bow turning sideways jumping and playing. A large towboat with barge passes us on the port(left) side they look so big passing us, leaving a swirling sucking pool behind them. So much power in those boats! Continuing on we pass some cool houses and neat places as we travel along. Lulus came up on our port side. , Jimmy Buffets sister owns it. It is a great place to stop and eat. Neat outside dining on the waterway. After that Tacky Jacks came up on our starboard side. I have never been there, but it looks cool. A nice high end boatyard was on our port side with some beautiful yachts there. I loved seeing the Welcome to Gulf Shores sign on the road by the ICW headed into gulf shores. My son loves to go to Gulf Shores on vacation. We finally arrived at our destination of an anchorage by Pirate Cove. We carefully made our way into the narrow shallow opening to the anchorage. There was lots of room in the open area by the dock. we tied up to Caretta as their anchor is a sure bite into the bottom-of the anchorage! we dropped our dinghy’s and headed to Pirates Cove to get some great food. We had heard great things about it. As we walked in we noticed several locals at the bar. The bartender tried to ignore us you could tell by her tone of voice. We sat outside after we ordered at the bar. That took the p person in charge behind the bar at least 10 min to let us know that is how you order! I was very disappointed in the food, i think that was because there were only locals there and we were treated like we were in the way. I am sure this place is hopping on the weekends but this weekday must have been off. Th place is really cool and i will come back to try it again. But this day it sucked. Back to our boat for a peaceful nights rest after admiring the Christmas lights on the sailboats at the house docks near us.