Mar. 29 – Panama City, FL

Day 23 – Change of Plans

Panama City Marina

What a difference a day can make. We had planned to move the boat to Destin this morning and then spend the rest of the day playing in the clear blue water and white sand. Mother Nature had a different plan...winds from the north, cloudy skies and a high chance of rain for tomorrow made us decide to move on to Panama City. We really didn't want to get stuck here for two or three more days.

The day started out cool and gray, but by lunch we had sunshine. This part of Florida is covered in pine trees and it looks like you are in a small canyon going through the ICW. By the time we got to Panama City the clouds were back. The marina looks very nice and well protected from the wind. Marina personnel met us at the boat, helped us tie up and gave us an information packet for the area. While we were out walking we met a couple fishing on the pier, they showed us how they fish for squid. Stan caught quite a few with their pole while we talked to them. I think he'll try to get a few tomorrow and we will fix them for dinner. I'm not sure I'll like them but I will give them a try.

We plan on staying here for a few days. A storm is coming in tonight and rain is forecast for tomorrow, so we'll wait and see what the weather is like in a few days and then make our plans. Hopefully we'll get to see a few things while we are here. We've traveled over 836 miles since we left Port Lavaca.

Scenery along the way

We had some company today

Panama City Marina