July 2 - July 8, 2012

Took ourselves to Santa Rosa Sound at Pensacola Beach, where we anchored for a few days.  It was a fab few days, too - one big, bad thunderstorm smashed our anchor light against the mast (which needs replacing) and took off with our wifi antenna (which needs replacing).  But, overall, a great week.

Some night views....

Some day views...

The Paradise Beach Club - free concerts all the time.  We met a couple of the band members at a cafe one lunchtime - they were so young & so cute & so excited to be playing.  Joe Walsh says for young bands to get out of their parent's garage & play for the public- well, these guys were doing that & were very good.






4th of July - they bring a barge to the bay where they set off fireworks - about 200 boats congregated to watch.

Fireworks barge (pesky boat!)

We had the bay to ourselves for a couple of days

The beach behind Flounders
July 3rd

The beach behind Flounders
July 4th











Spent 2 days at the library and 2 days at the mall using their high-speed wifi to get Navionics charts downloaded.  The charts are good, but Navionics the company not so much.  Really - should it take 4 days to download your charts?  They said the problem was with their server - get it fixed!!!!

Off the Dauphin Island, Alabama next week.......