Panama City Rest Day

A very windy day tied to a pier is better than a very, very windy day trying to drive a boat in a straight line.   At least you don’t want too many of those days, too close together.  Dennis spent the day doing things like replacing light bulbs with LED’s in our running lights – the better to be seen in the dark when we cross the Gulf overnight.  I enjoyed the cabin of the boat, with the heat turned on.  I got to do some needlework and make a homemade soup – things that don’t happen when we are underway.

Oyster place, colorful signage

Found a grocery store about 8 blocks away so we took a walk and picked up a few things we needed.  We amused ourselves by reading all the restaurant menus on the way up and back.  Now we are prepared for any time we come back to Panama City and need to pick a dinner spot.  Everyone advertises fresh oysters, but apparently they are very hard to come by this year; it has not been a good year for oysters in the Apalachicola area, which is usually “oyster central”.

John and Olivia visit Reunion

For a nice treat, we heard from Racine friends that they were staying in a condo here at Panama City for the week and they came by and picked us up for supper.  It was fun to see Olivia and John walking down the pier so far away from our homes in Wisconsin.  We almost convinced John to ride across the Gulf with us next week – maybe.  

Ready for a sail

Dock visitors