Infrastructure - part one
The Lowrance lit up when I had connected it at the dock. I saw the logo then went about attending to casting off and getting underway in the channel. But then, it was dark. Gone. Could I make it through Dickerson and Skipper Bays to weave my way around the oyster bars and low water to get to the Aquaculture Use Zone (AUZ)? I had relied on the GPS so much - even on regular outings to the Wakulla Environmental Institute (WEI) Research lease in Skipper Bay. Could I make to to Oyster Bay? Of course not I decided -- and then it clicked on and Michael, Topper and I set out to see the new anchor pole installation on my lease. The water was glass and the morning fog clouds had lifted but still held a grey blanket overhead. The temperature was expected to rise to 70 today and with low tide at 12:30, we were out and about early and ready for a long day. At the AUZ, Bob Ballard, Exec. Dir. of WEI and two salaried ...