November 27, 2014: Happy Thanksgiving. We are at The Wharf Marina in Orange Beach, Alabama. There several Looper boats here at the marina but many have left their boats and gone home for the holiday.  Those of us still here, Ithaka, Miss Hadley, Endeavor, & Twelve Stones have reservations for turkey dinner at a local restaurant. Yum.

Every night the Wharf area has a great light show. 

The weather forecast for tomorrow is pretty good tomorrow so we will throw off the lines and continue heading east. Another Great Loop Milestone will occur tomorrow. We will leave Alabama and enter Florida. We were last in Florida, April 2014. 

It appears their maybe some relief this Saturday for those Loopers who have been at Carrabelle, Florida for over 2 weeks waiting on a good weather window. We won’t make it there for this crossing but heading that way to await the next window. This Florida girl certainly wants to get to some warmer weather.

Elaines Christmas Wish: Be at a marina that DOES NOT have this sign.