Dream Catchers Dream

It has been a fun couple of days.  We went across Pensacola bay.  Lots of military presence here.  The Blue Angels flew over yesterday morning but way too quick for me to get a camera.  Then we passed by an airport and as we were looking down the runway a military jet took off over our heads.  Loud but very cool. I saw "Fighter town" on the side of a hanger.  It may have been Elgin Air Force base.
We spent last night on the free dock at the town of Ft. Walton, Fl.  Nice little place and very dog friendly.
This morning we got an early start because it is 70 miles to Panama City which is about 7 hours in our boat.  We went thru "the ditch" or as they also like to call it the Grand Canyon of the south.  The walls were puny but it was a very narrow, not always very deep, ditch.  We are almost to Panama City.  That puts us one day away from Apalachicola, the staging area for the gulf crossing.  It will be an 18 hour crossing mostly at night.  We will have to see if we can find someone or a group to buddy up with since they don't recommend doing it alone.  The window closed yesterday because a storm is heading in.  They were predicting it for Sunday but have now moved it out to Monday.  Possible window for the crossing on Tuesday or Wednesday.  We shall see.  The weather is the only factor at this point.

Jet flying over our heads.

The ditch.