Since the last post we ran on the outside from Panama City over to Destin.We spent one night in Destin harbor and went to Whataburger which is across the street. My favorite fast food place. I had not been to one since 2014 when I was in Baton Rouge. We left Destin at 7 am this morning before all the crazies woke up. Today we took the ICW from Destin to just past Pensacola Bay and found a nice little anchorage just off the ICW. The wind is blowing pretty good but we are anchored in the lee of Perdido island so we are not getting any waves to speak of, just some wind.
We ran 53 miles today and stopped at 2:45 pm. It started to rain and we did not see any reason to continue on when we had a good anchorage at hand. Once we stopped and got anchored the rain quit and although it looks like it could start at any time has not rained since (I am not complaining). The forecast for tomorrow is 90% chance of storms and rain so we will check the forecast again in the morning but probably just stay put. It is beautiful here, so not a hard decision to stay.
We are very close to the Alabama/Florida border. We have 175 miles to the Mississippi River. We will time our crossing of the river for a Sunday so as to have the least amount of traffic.
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| Destin harbor at sunrise this morning. |
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| Captain Sharon driving from the flybridge. |
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| Perdido Island. |
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| Perdido Island. |
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| Sharon driving from the lower helm. The auto pilot is on a long cord so she holds it and maneuvers through the channel markers using her two thumbs like she is playing a video game (her favorite past time only this is a 23,000 lb video game). |
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