Decided to sit for a day at Burnt Store Marina. After getting in late last night we thought it would be good to rest for a day. We basically sat around a read although we did go for a long walk around the Burnt Store development. Quite a nice little area, although somewhat isolated but nice and quiet with lots of condos and town houses.
Met a couple on their boat Escape, who had just acquired the boat in North Florida. Ultimately they were going to do the Loop but right now were trying to get the boat out of Florida in order to avoid the sales tax. Apparently if you buy a boat in Florida you must pay sales tax unless you get it out of the state within a certain number of days. Went to dinner with them that night and visited their boat (a 49' DeFever). The husband had just arrived at Burnt Store after an overnight from Carabelle - some 35 hours on the water. He did have a couple of friends helping him but it apparently was a bit of a journey because of fog and he was not entirely familiar with the electronics on the boat - particularly radar. In any case we had a good time and agreed to meet up with them at their home port in North Carolina.
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