3 Days in P'cola

We spent 3 days in Pensacola while waiting for a weather window.  When the cold front came thru yesterday, temps went down to the high 40's - in April !!  Hopefully, we get underway tomorrow, with a 2 day trip to Panama City.

Sunset at Palafox Pier marina in Pensacola.

While in P'cola, we did some of the tourist things & left some of our good tourist money with them.  But we also lived here in 1971 and again in 1975, so there were some familiar places.  We also had our car pre-positioned here, so we could get around.  On Saturday, for example, we drove to the UPS store to send our inverter back for repair (hopefully under warranty), then purchased a cheap one from Harbor Freight to get us to Panama City.  Went to the local farmer's market right up Palafox Street.  Then ended up at the Naval Aviation Museum & saw how much it had changed since 1976 when we first went to it.  Yes, the helicopter that I flew in Lakehurst New Jersey was still in the museum (boy, does that make you feel old).  Also saw the A-4 aircraft that a Chattanooga friend had flown early in the Vietnam War. 



Back in 1972, Rosie O'Grady's was the
local hangout for student pilots.
I was surprised to see it's still around.



Sue found her favorite place - Pensacola
Bay Brewery - which our son told us about.

Pelicans from all the military services.
Good thing this guy has on his
life jacket!



Lazy pelicans waiting for a fish.