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| Dinner on the Gulf of Mexico |
Today is the 1 year anniversary of the day we left Knoxville, TN! Wow! What a year! We have cruised over 2500 miles during 36 actual days of cruising.
The past week, we enjoyed spending the holidays exploring Dunedin, FL waiting for the perfect weather to cross the Gulf of Mexico to the panhandle. Saturday afternoon into Sunday was the beautiful weather we were waiting for. We waited until high tide on Saturday so we could leave our shallow marina (fueled up and pumped out) and we were underway by 2:30pm. The wind and waves were even better than predicted. After dodging crab pots in the Gulf for 1.5 hours, it was smooth & easy cruising (water was flat or had .5 - 1 foot waves). We had dinner as we watched the sun go down. Nana was awed! Everyone took turns at driving through the night, except Nana, who often kept the driver company. She was awakened by Jill at 6:45am to watch the sun come up over the Gulf. Since we cruised into St George Bay (near Carrabelle) by 8:15am, and past Appalachicola by 10:30am, we decided to continue on via the Gulf ICW to Panama City to our favorite city marina. We had a 27 hour cruising day, the longest we have ever had!
Total miles today: 250nm ?
Total miles traveled: 2,510 nm ?
Total cruising days: 36
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| Calm Gulf waters |
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| Sunset on Gulf |
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Sunrise on Gulf of Mexico |
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