Finally, we had a full day of calm waters. Day #3 was the most delightful so far. Today we started just before 7 am and stopped at our anchorage at 2:45 p.m. During the day, the sun was out and we crossed several bays with calm waters and also a 20 mile stretch called "The Grand Canyon". The Grand Canyon is a very secluded portion of the ICWW, In those 20 miles we never passed another vessel and only saw one cabin. No other houses or sign of man at all. I'm always surprised when we find long stretches where it is still completely natural with no sign of man. Life is good at 8 mph.
As we passed by Panana City today we did see an amazing double masted tall ship, which we estimated at about 120 feet. It was beautiful!
Our anchorage tonight is at Murray Bayou, which is east of Panama City. Today it took 3 tries before we got the anchor to hold. The nearest town is Callaway. Our choice today was to stop early at 2:45 or run about 45 minutes after dark until 5:30 to the next safe stop. We chose to stop early. We used the afternoon to do some cleaning around the boat and watch tons of dolphins. We often say the dolphins are like deer in that no matter how many times you see them, it is still an exciting sighting. Today at this quiet anchorage, you can actually hear their blow holes when they come up for air. We've never heard that before. So close to the boat it felt like you could reach out and touch them.
During the cleaning today we found one casualty from the past two rough days. It was one of two champagne flutes. I guess that is what we get for having glass on the boat. Thankfully it was an inexpensive flute and easily replaced.
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| Grand Canyon #1 |
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| Grand Canyon #2 |
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| Bank of Grand Canyon |
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| 120' Tall Ship near Panama City |
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