We took Feb 13 and 14th to work on the boat. A mechanic at Turners taught me how to bleed the air from the fuel system so I can do more of the maintenance next time. On Feb 15, it was cloudy with chance of thunderstorms but we headed out across Mobile Bay and entered the Florida Intracoastal waterway. We anchored outside of Pensacola in the Big Lagoon with rain and thunderstorms throughout the night. The next morning we waited for a thunderstorm to pass and then got underway for Ft. Walton Beach. Here the city provides a free dock, so we tied up for the evening. Another looper, TRIP TIME, was there and we were all amazed that other boats were making way this late in the season. The next morning we were off to Panama City, trying to beat out a heavy storm system, with gale force winds. We arrived at Panama City marina and hunkered down. The following night (Saturday, 2/18) it arrived in full force. The first pic shows the commercial traffic as we were leaving Mobile Bay, the tugboat wanted us to follow him so that we would be far enough away from the big ship entering port. The next pic shows LuLu’s, who has a rockin bar and restaurant – she is the sister of Jimmy Buffet. And finally, we ran into hundreds of birds on the intracoastal waterway –mostly pelicans. We wondered why they all gathered at that spot, but there was on place to stop in order to find out. The weather tomorrow calls for gale force winds.
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