Pensacola, FL

We entered Pensacola through the bay.  Here is a spot George loves.  He has anchored here many times with buddies.

Of course, just after we took this photo, we moved into the bay and the inlet crossed, and the seas became "confused." Oh, no!  Lots of wind (15 mph) and waves hitting us in different directions.

It didn't last long, but I do not like that, Sam I am.  

Soon we entered Palafox Marina, and calm was restored to Aunt Aggie and Martha.  This is a great spot:  We can walk to downtown, which is my favorite activity.  We arrived around noon, pumped out and bought gas, and walked to their very cool historic district.  Within ten blocks there were lots of restaurants and two music venues and government services- all in restored, historic buildings.  We ate pizza, which is hard to find on a boat.  Then we walked to a cooperative food store and bought creme and bread.  They had good looking prepared food too, but we are all stocked now, so we couldn't buy much.  

This piano sits outside a music store.

Street view of Palafox Street

This is a corner on Main Street with four parked food trucks and an outside dining area.  The trucks are parked behind the
umbrellas and tables.

After walking back to the boat, we worked on our plans for getting to Carrabelle.  Carrabelle is the spot from which we make the Gulf crossing next week.  We want to get there as soon as we can, so we will have a half moon for the crossing.  Tomorrow we continue east to Joe's Bayou.