Pensacola, FL

Saturday we left the anchorage and headed to the ICW with a destination of Pensacola, FL.  The weather turned ugly shortly after entering the ICW.  It was drizzly, foggy and windy.  Not much problem on the ICW until we came into Perdido Bay and Pensacola Bay.  The wind was blowing like crazy which made the seas very choppy.  Just a nasty day on the water. 

Above is the first sugar sand beach we saw.  Still pretty even in the drizzle.

This  row of brightly colored town homes was so pretty against the white sand.

We arrived at Palafox Pier in Pensacola safe and sound.  This is a beautiful marina and town.  I will put a few pictures to show you the beautiful area we are in. 

Today we went with CBAY and Kismet to the National Naval Air Museum.  I will let Ken tell you about that.  Pretty spectacular. 

Tomorrow we will head for Sandestin, a resort community just east of Destin, FL.  We are leaving early so we have time to enjoy the resort’s amenities for the one night we are there.

The further south we get the bigger the boats get.  This is a 90’ power catamaran.  We had Jelly fish swimming around the dock.

The town was decorating the courthouse for Christmas here today and having a photo shoot for something.  Do you love the snow they created from soap suds?

Here is the crew from CBAY, Rusty and Jan and Kismet, Dean and Beth, that we have been traveling with for a few days.

Today we entered waypoints into the chart plotter!  Thank you Linnea for plotting the coarse across Choctawatchee Bay!  Made my work a lot easier.  I did check them just so I wasn’t making any wrong assumptions!  We ended the day with another beautiful sunset over Pensacola Bay! 

Signing off for tonight!  Pat