Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Day 5 Saturday March 31  Range Point mile 195 to Baytowne Marina mile 239
44 miles today
We raised the anchor and departed Range Point at 7:45 am it was calm, warm, and hazy with a few clouds. At 11:30 we passed under the Ft Walton Bridge mile 222 and into Choctawhatchee Bay. On the bay there was a light chop a the winds out of the SE  @ 5-10 knots. We arrived at the Baytowne Marina on Horseshoe Bayou at 1:30 PM. We pulled into the assigned slip, secured everything and walked over to a restaurant for dinner. 
Baytowne is a development connected to the Sandestin resort just East of Destin, Florida made to look like a village with lots of shops resaturants and bars.  This weekend combines Easter with spring break so there are lots of people anywhere you go.

To see our locatin click on the link below:
http://fms.ws/BZesm/30.38847N/86.32769W
Sunrise from Range Point

Sand mound at Range Point
 
 
One or the markers along the ICW it makes a good perch for these Cormorants

There are quite a few military installations in this area. This radar dome is a well known landmark

A small white sand strip along the ICW
 
 

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