For anyone that hasn't been to Baytowne at Sandestin, we recommend it! We departed Ingram Bayou at 6:45 this morning and traveled 73 miles today. That put us in Sandestin at Baytowne Marina for the night. We did better today and arrived with about 45 minutes of daylight to spare. We had time to wash the salt off the boat before walking the boardwalk to Baytowne. It is a small downtown area. A real vacation destination, complete with an ice skating rink.
We found the ice rink funny because there are walker type contraptions made out of PVC pipe to help folks ice skate that don't know how. The PVC walker keeps them from falling down. It is cold here tonight and we found a fire pit outside Marlin Grill to warm ourselves. Marlin Grill is in the middle of Baytowne and several interesting people came by to warm themselves too. That made for good conversation. One lady from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan visiting her sons for Christmas and another man who is an ER nurse was there with his children. Having been on the boat for two full days it was nice to get off and chat with people this evening.
This morning was a chilly 46 degrees when we left our anchorage. Dolphins all around this morning while the sun came up along with the anchor. A relaxing way to start the day, and so quiet! That is until the generator started to make coffee and hot cocoa.
Overall a good day with a little rolly polly again when we crossed Pensacola Bay and also Choctawhatchee Bay. Slightly unpleasant with 2-3 footers again from the Port side with some 4 footers sprinkled in for good measure for about half the day.
When we passed through Ft. Walton Beach, we noticed two sailboats hard aground. Glad we stayed in the channel markers!
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| Ingram Bayou Anchorage |
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| Bert cleaning dew off windshields. Notice the coat and hat! Brrrr..... |
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| Sailboats hard aground in Ft. Walton Beach |
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| Hard Aground in Ft. Walton Beach |
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| Hilary in a very big chair. |
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| Baytowne Christmas Decorations |
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| Firepit outside Marlin Grill |
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| Christmas Decorations at Marlin Grill |
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| Ice Rink with PVC walkers. |
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