Panama City, FL

(Sunday Nov. 4 - Dist: 64.8 mi; Temp: 74 F; TTT: 7:50 hrs)

I neglected to mention that our first sighting of dolphins occurred many days ago, before our stop at Lulu's, just as soon as we got into the GICW.  They have been numerous and playful at times but we have not been able to get any really good pictures.  We will keep trying.

We decided to make a long day of it in order to reach the home of some very kind people that are friends of friends.  We started off early and as soon as we got to Choctawatchee Bay we ran into some fog.  We continued on because we did have a 100 or more yards of visibility and both radar units going.  It lasted for less than an hour.  The trip took us through some canals, some wilderness and finally the Port of Panama City.  Here is the pictorial version:

After traversing the Port and St. Andrews Inlet we soon arrived at Watson's Bayou.  Not far up was the private home of the Vernon's.

They have a beautiful place with a large dock that easily handled our two boats and theirs as well.  They were so kind as to take Carlton and Linda to the Sam's package store for some cheap booze and provide us with a great meal of pulled pork.  Excellent.

Also sharing Watson's Bayou is the Mercury Marine test facility.  Notice all of the different boats, all yellow, in the racks for testing Mercury motors.