We're at Sandestin, FL, staying at the huge Beach Resort Marina, which is really a golf resort and marina with the emphasis on golf.

A very nice cruise today through ICW and the inland bays again. That is after we finally got away from the dock. The marina where we stayed last night had us close to a wall on our stern and very close to another boat on our bow, plus there was a breeze blowing us towards the dock. That makes it very hard to move the boat out (because it doesn't move sideways) and the wind wanted to push us back in towards the other boat and the dock. After 2 attempts to push off and "walk" the boat with props and rudders, I finally used a cross stern like a spring line to let me get the bow out enough to clear the boat in front of us. I should have done that first. Then Kathy told me I should have just gone forward when we had a little space between us and the boat in front (even though I could tell the wind wouold close that space before wer were past). I didn't need that help from the Admiral, but we did get out safely.

The ICW was almost all dug through white sand in this area, compared to the cypress swamps yesterday.











This afternoon, we passed through the "Grand Canyon" ICW, which is not much more than where they dug a channel through 40 ft of sand instead of the more usual 10 ft elevations. Hardly the grand canyon, but I see where they get the name. After all, in Florida, a 40 ft. elevation is almost the high point of the state.


Dolphins happily surfed our wake again. I just can't resist adding another dolphin jumping video.