Shrimp boat in canal cut from ICW to St Joseph Bay.
Diann at Port St. Joe quaint downtown area, very nice stores.
Port St. Joe Marina office.
Dolphins swimming along side "Noah Genda"
Today's dolphin watch.
We departed Panama City Marina this morning at 7:00 AM for a cruise easterly to Port St. Joe, FL. Another beautiful day for the 63 mile voyage through the ICW bay and canal system. Today, was without a doubt, the best dolphin experience to date. After sighting several dolphins most of the morning, we had three dolphins join us port aft and continued perfect pace with the boat for about 15 continuous minutes. What an awesome view to look them right in the eye as they swim along looking at you. What a beautiful creature. Again the scenery never ceases to amaze us, just beautiful wilderness everywhere you pass. Since this is Friday after thanksgiving there were quite a few fishing boats out in the bays today as well as the narrow canals and rivers all the way to Port St Joe. I tried my best to site an alligator in the brackish canal water, but no luck today, maybe another day.
When we arrived at Port St Joe, we were pleasantly greeted at the fuel dock by harbor hosts Ray & Patsy off “PatsyRay”. Also at the marina is Bob and Kem, “Spirit Dancer”. By mid day our good friends Ross and Nancy Hiner arrived on “Oddysea” from Bay Point Marina in Panama City. Tomorrow we are expecting Bob & Pam to arrive with “Adagio” Several of us are starting to strategize the gulf crossing and looking at weather opportunities. We all will move on to Apalachicola and Carrabelle by the middle of next week.
This marina is a nice facility. We arrived, fueled, got situated in our slip, unloaded bicycles and rode about 3-blocks to a very nice small downtown business district with several small unique shops, restaurants and a new Piggly Wiggly. Can you believe it, Tom had an ice cream coupon from the marina guest packet, found the fudge and ice cream store and we both had a mid afternoon snack of very good ice cream (not Whitey’s but close). This is such a nice location, we think we will stay here another day.
Tonight Ray & Patsy took (12) of us to “Peppers”, a Mexican restaurant, and had a fun time as well as very good food. After dinner we discussed with Nancy and Ross riding our bicycles to town for breakfast. More Food!
Hey Guys, You're getting great at the blogging and posting pictures. It's like we're watching a book being made. Looks awesome. Keep up the great job and hope you're still enjoying this wonderful adventure. Craig and Kris
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