We left Panama City Marina about
8:05 a.m. for the 40 mile run to Port St. Joe arriving at 1:30 p.m. (forgot the time change back to EST) which was an hour later than we had thought. The run was pretty uneventful thru the East Pass until we got
to the canal which was very narrow and very shallow. In fact as we were moving thru the actual 
channel as shown on the Garmin, water got really skinny, at less than 2 ft under the hull, and I pulled the throttle back and threw it out of gear just as we went thru mud. No problem except to churn up a bunch of mud and 
we motored on. Ricki did finally get a still picture of one dolphin that played with us but we 
have a bunch of pictures that are just a splash. When we turned right to go down the short channel to the Gulf which is lined with pure white sand banks, we saw this unusual craft sitting in a boat repair yard then on down the channel before passing under the Rt 98 bridge, MY BOAT and on into the Gulf. It was a short 1 mile ride around to port to reach our destination which is awsome. Now I know why folks stop here for the night and end up staying. We picked up our Enterprise rental and by 7 p.m. we were loaded and headed back to WV. I am writing this from our motel room just south of Atlanta so we still have about 9 hours drive left.
8:05 a.m. for the 40 mile run to Port St. Joe arriving at 1:30 p.m. (forgot the time change back to EST) which was an hour later than we had thought. The run was pretty uneventful thru the East Pass until we got
to the canal which was very narrow and very shallow. In fact as we were moving thru the actual 
channel as shown on the Garmin, water got really skinny, at less than 2 ft under the hull, and I pulled the throttle back and threw it out of gear just as we went thru mud. No problem except to churn up a bunch of mud and 
we motored on. Ricki did finally get a still picture of one dolphin that played with us but we 
have a bunch of pictures that are just a splash. When we turned right to go down the short channel to the Gulf which is lined with pure white sand banks, we saw this unusual craft sitting in a boat repair yard then on down the channel before passing under the Rt 98 bridge, MY BOAT and on into the Gulf. It was a short 1 mile ride around to port to reach our destination which is awsome. Now I know why folks stop here for the night and end up staying. We picked up our Enterprise rental and by 7 p.m. we were loaded and headed back to WV. I am writing this from our motel room just south of Atlanta so we still have about 9 hours drive left. 
We've read about that narrow, shallow spot on a few blogs now, what is your draft? Our's is 4'. Our boat is still in Panama City.
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It was so nice to see you both tonight. You look so good. I will keep twisting Tom's arm about vacation time. Happy holidays and safe travels.
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