On our first full day at Orange Beach we washed the salt off the boat and did laundry. Then we borrowed the courtesy car and visited the beach, the grocery store and the local West Marine. The beach here is absolutely beautiful with the most amazing white sand.
On Wednesday (our second full day here), Bill and Margo arrive from Holland. MI. The weather is very rainy and windy so we hang around the boat and then have dinner at Lulu’s. Bill and Margo have decided that they’d like to travel with us, so we review our cruising guides and choose Sabine Marina in Pensacola Beach as the spot we’ll travel to. Since we have use of a courtesy car, on Thursday we take Bill and Margo’s car to Sabine Marina and use the courtesy car to get back to Orange Beach Marina. That gives us two possible travel days, Friday and Saturday – Friday doesn’t look great because of strong winds, but Saturday doesn’t look too bad.
As predicted, it is very windy on Friday. We decide that Saturday will be the better travel day, so instead of moving we use the courtesy car again and head to the beach for a beach walk. We also do a bit of touring in the Orange Beach area. The wind calms down on Friday night and we are convinced we have chosen our travel day correctly.
Unfortunately we wake up on Saturday to strong wind and lots of rain. Although we are hopeful it will clear up so we can depart in the later morning, that doesn’t happen. We again borrow the courtesy car and go back to Sabine Marina to pick up the car. We haven’t had this many poor travel days in a row in a long time – it is too bad that it has happened when we have visitors.
We have been thrilled with our stay at Orange Beach Marina. Their location is extremely well protected and their facilities are second to none. We are in a covered slip with 39’ air clearance. The bathrooms and showers are close to our slip and very well maintained with a washer and dryer at the same building. Not only that, they have two courtesy cars and we have been fortunate to be able to use them any time we needed to. This would definitely be a place we would stop at again and we would recommend it to anyone traveling this way.
Bill and Margo will be heading home on Sunday and if the weather is good, we will depart Orange Beach Marina and begin heading east again.
Miles: 0 Bridges: 0 Locks: 0
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| clams hiding in the sand along the edge of the ocean |
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| up close and personal with one of the clams |
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| looking down the beach toward Gulf Shores, Alabama |
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| the fishing pier at Orange Beach |
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| a heron enjoying the beach |
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| one of the few perks of a rainy day is a beautiful rainbow |
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