Day 105, November 14th, 2009
Back in the Intracoastal Waterway we tootled along. The wind was behind us which helped. Not strong enough to sail only but with the motor just idling a bit we could maintain the 5 knots and make good time. Passed some lovely homes - back to the gorgeous lanais and boats on the docks. Just as we were about an hour from where we'd planned to stop, Paul and Sue called on the VHF and had us in their sights from their anchorage at Redfish Point. Just a gorgeous spot by an outer island, right ont the beach. It was only noon so we pulled up beside them and put the anchor down.
Had a lovely afternoon on the beach, sitting in our bag chairs, watching the air show from Pensacola in the distance. The Blue Angels of the US Navy are stationed in Pensacola and they were super. They flew right over us several times - low enough that we could read "US Navy" clearly on their under sides!!! We enjoyed the company of "Mark and Anna" a couple from Mobile, AL who were spending the weekend there on their boat. Mark had just retired from the Navy and Anna was an ICU nurse in Mobile. They were fun and Mark told us lots about the Navy.
We went back to our boats just as it got dark, and shortly after it got dark we watched the fireworks from the boat. Fireworks are always fun but the finale was a little different this time. They used mock bombs with big puffs of smoke (we'd seen this earlier in the afternoon) but during the finale the puffs of smoks were all lit up with yellow and orange lights. It was really something!
Back in the Intracoastal Waterway we tootled along. The wind was behind us which helped. Not strong enough to sail only but with the motor just idling a bit we could maintain the 5 knots and make good time. Passed some lovely homes - back to the gorgeous lanais and boats on the docks. Just as we were about an hour from where we'd planned to stop, Paul and Sue called on the VHF and had us in their sights from their anchorage at Redfish Point. Just a gorgeous spot by an outer island, right ont the beach. It was only noon so we pulled up beside them and put the anchor down.
Had a lovely afternoon on the beach, sitting in our bag chairs, watching the air show from Pensacola in the distance. The Blue Angels of the US Navy are stationed in Pensacola and they were super. They flew right over us several times - low enough that we could read "US Navy" clearly on their under sides!!! We enjoyed the company of "Mark and Anna" a couple from Mobile, AL who were spending the weekend there on their boat. Mark had just retired from the Navy and Anna was an ICU nurse in Mobile. They were fun and Mark told us lots about the Navy.
We went back to our boats just as it got dark, and shortly after it got dark we watched the fireworks from the boat. Fireworks are always fun but the finale was a little different this time. They used mock bombs with big puffs of smoke (we'd seen this earlier in the afternoon) but during the finale the puffs of smoks were all lit up with yellow and orange lights. It was really something!
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