Andrea

Ohhhh...  Our first Tropical Storm aboard the "little ship" I woke up early this morning to sound of rain pattering on the boat. Love that...went right back to sleep...

After pouring over charts last night we decided to head to Dog Island, if you go thru the channel and round on the back side of the Dog Island there is about 25ft of water, so Pierre wants to go there. I am good with that ..but...

 The dock here at Captains Cove Marine is super good, but the yellow flys are fierce. One guy told me they are the worse they have ever been, so Dog Island is fine..but no yellow flys...if they r bad..we have to leave.

  We did the laundry today and getting ready for the Sunday take off, we drove around PSJ today and the history here is very interesting,

I read the "The Great Tide" awhile ago and it was a great book, I love reading about the history of different places,
The legend of the lost city of PSJ is a major part of the history and folklore of Nortwest Fl.  The old city of St Joe was for a time the largest in all of Florida.It disappeared without a trace durning the 1840's, however, spawning many tall tales.

Among these are the stories of a massive yellow fever epidemic and of "The Great Tide". Legends holds it that the city was so wicked God sent a plague of the fever, then used the tidal wave to wash away what was left.

In truth, the city was all but destroyed by a yellow fever epidemic and did suffer a hurricane, but it really was the economic power of Apalachicola that finally destroyed what remained of the old city. The two had been bitter rivals, but due it's location at the mouth of the river, for which it was named, Apalac prevailed.

The city is charming and it a great place for exploring not only the history of Old St Joe, but it also has some of the most beautiful coastal scenery in Fl. PSJ has revitalized itself from a failing industrial town to one of the newest vacation areas.