Bay Point Marina, Panama City Beach, FL

(Sunday Nov. 21 - Dist: 65.0 mi; Avg Speed: 10.6 mph; TTT: 6:00 hrs)

Dolphins are becoming regular guests on our travels.  We saw our first one a couple of days ago, but this one and his partner stayed with for at least 15 minutes playing in the bow wake of our boat.  It was difficult to get good photos of them because they were so far under the bow and they were so fast.  It wasn't until a couple of days later that we actually witnessed a dolphin jumping completely clear of the water about 3-4 feet high.

There are quite a number of canals along the GICW which is boring except for the aforementioned dolphins.  We did see Mother Nature getting ready for the holidays.  I will let the pics speak for themselves.  Do not forget that when on the blog site you can click on the pictures and have them blown up and then you can easily return back to the blog.  www.qsend.blogspot.com

 

To get to Bay Point we had to go through St Andrews Bay which is where the Port of Panama City is located as you can see.

Linda and I were a bit disappointed in Bay Point Marina.  It was located in a well protected Lagoon and it was associated with the Marriott Resort but it was away from town, did not have WiFi to the docks and no courtesy vehicles.  That was the most disappointing because there were a number of places that I would have loved to take the other Loopers who were stuck here.  Carol, Len, Linda and I found a couple of real special places near here that I would have loved to visit again; for example: Hunt's, Ernie's and this small oyster bar for Happy Hour on the west end of Panama City Beach.  Oh well, we got the boat washed down (this salt is a pain in the a#!!) and we did have a full afternoon in the dinghy.  The sand is unbelievable; so pure and fine that it actually squeaks when you walk on it.  Very Nice.