lat 30 23 62, long 086 20 08; eng 571.09; 170 gal
We got up this morning and the whole marina was covered in fog, so rather than leave at 7:30 we left around 8:45 when it had lifted, or so we thought. We pulled out into the bay and it was like soup. On goes the radar, and we proceeded down the Bay, slowly blasting one long horn every couple of minutes. By the time we reached the end of the bay by 11 it had started to lift and you could start to really see the marker buoys on the water, not just their radar image. Fortunately we only saw one other boat out on the water and we again saw it on radar long before it passed us.
Continued our trip down the intracoastal, saw some more dolphins and some interesting sand dune cliffs along the route. Lots of Pelicans watching as we passed them.
Eventually arrived at Panama City where we pulled into the City Marina for the night. We thought about anchoring out but since we were passing the Marina, we pulled in there. Funny enough, the 5 guys that were in the marina the previous night had just pulled in also. They left about an hour and a half before us this morning and went through the soup with their radar also.
Panama City is an interesting little town. Brenda and I took a walk through the City and there are a number of neat little stores selling very interesting antiques and crafts. Great second hand book store and I found a number of Spenser novels by Robert Parker that I had not read. We then went to dinner at a local marina restaurant, and the meal was much, much better.
I thought the boat looked good in the evening light so I include a picture of the The Old Grouch.
We were just driving around that marina at the end of September. We love Panama City Beach. We just drove around one day and looked at the marina and at the Sea Ray store. The beaches there are phenomenal..better than Myrtle Beach and actually better than Treasure Is. and Fort Lauderdale. Pure white sand, amazing sunsets over the gulf and we can walk for miles.
ReplyDeleteThe boat does look good. Very pristine. You have Mom's touch with cleaning!
Not sure if you are still in Panama City. Was there several years ago and had a most unique meal at a pub called Judge Roy Bean's... yes the "hanging judge". Would not necessarily recommend it for the food, but the atmosphere was definitely hillbilly.
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