Blue Angels July 2009 Air Show
July 10, 2009…
We headed out to Quietwater around 7:30am to find a good spot to anchor and watch the air show.
The Coast Guard was out keeping an eye on things.
We enjoyed the show while swimming.
Jody and Logan boated out to hang with us for the show.
Jody and Logan enjoying the show.
After the show, Jody took Logan home and returned later with Chrys for dinner at Flounders.
Mark Milam and his family anchored for the show; here’s a shot of their floating marina. Shane/Renee and Sanford/Deanny showed up a bit later, but we didn’t get a picture of them all rafted during the day. We did dinghy over for a beer until Jody/Chrys showed back up for dinnertime. Our intent was to return for cocktails later that evening, but after swimming all day and the sun, we crashed after dinner.
Fat Albert did a fly by.
Stunt Pilots.
The Blue Angels flying.
July 11, 2009…
We decided that we didn’t want to be part of the craziness at Quietwater that would occur for Saturday’s show, so we pulled anchor and headed to Ft. McRee.
Photo courtesy of PNJ.com. Taken after we left the anchorage.
Photo courtesy of PNJ.com. Quite crowded and doesn’t appear safe for children to play in the water.
White Caps, Patriot, and Pyxis rafted up at sunrise as we were pulling out of Quietwater.
A blimp flew over advertising Wind Creek Casino.
Coast Guard Cutter ‘Cypres’ headed out to the Gulf.
Saturday night we were invited by fellow sailors Matt and Ruth to join them for cocktails while Blake watched Shark Tales with their son. We just met them that evening, so it was a nice treat. Their boat is the one to the left facing us with their fishing boat rafted to their sailboat.
Fellow sailors Ken and Sherie from our marina anchored up to our other side. Here’s a shot of his boat.
Blake and Pogo.
July 12, 2009…
We pulled anchor and went for a sail before heading back to the marina. The wind was very light, so we didn’t go anywhere fast, but it was a very enjoyable morning. Listening to the VHF we were quite glad we had decided not to stay at Quietwater yesterday; apparently a motor vessel overturned near Green 141 as a result of all the wake that was stirred up from all of the other powerboaters.
As we headed out this morning, Ken and Sherie pulled anchor about the same time and were close on our tail.
Pic of Pensacola’s Lighthouse this morning.
We headed South out into the Gulf for a short distance. Here’s a pic of Ken’s Private Stock Too from our stern.
Ft. Pickens
It was a great weekend and I look forward to the next one. Here’s our weekend track.
