Our stay in Panama City has been
amazing. We are anchored up just outside of Flamenco Island. David and Susie our friends from Fubar 2011 live in Panama and have
been wonderful tour guides. They have been gracious enough to transport us
around the city and share their knowledge of Panama. Yesterday David introduced
us to the fresh fruit and veggie market along with a stop at the grocery store
for provisioning. We had an enormous variety of produce to choose from at more
than reasonable prices. We all will be eating healthy for our transit to San
Blas.
As we drove over The Bridge of
the Americas I couldn’t help but think about us cruising under it on our way to
the canal. This has been an amazing journey the past several months.
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| At the locks a dragon fly landed on Bill's hand. A good sign... |
Yesterday we toured The
Miraflores locks. Viewing the first set of locks we will enter as we transit
the canal. Anna Mae will be lifted 54 feet in two stages. As we walked out onto
the viewing platform a ship was transiting the locks. It’s hard to believe that
will be Anna Mae Tomorrow. Our transit agent just called to let us know the canal will be sending a captain to our boat tomorrow at 7am he will take us through the canal. We will be sidetide to our traveling companions SpringDay. What an exciting experience!
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| We found a couple OMeara's and a couple Printz's that worked on the building of The Panama Canal. |
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| Enjoying a delicious dinner on Flamenco Island |
The Canal is celebrating it's 100th year in operation. It opened August 14, 1914. When we visited the locks we heard on the loud speaker the name of the boat as it passed through the locks. I would love to see the look on my Grandma's face as her name will be announced in our transit.
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