Tuesday dawned with bright sunshine and a welcoming committee of pelicans balanced on piers in the bayou where we spent the night. Heading east on the Intercoastal, we passed Ono and Perdido Islands and 
sand as white as snow. We passed Fort Walton Beach and Eglin Air Force base which is the size of the state of Rhode Island. A guide book pointed out that the base has a hanger the size of a city block where the Air Force subjects bombers sub-arctic conditions for weeks at a time. No explanation of why they built it in Florida rather than Alaska!
Just off the Pensacola Naval Air Station
we saw an unusual sight! The water was churning from the wind as a military helicopter was carrying out a practice water rescue. As we were watching, a Coast Guard patrol boat came along side 
and stopped us (blue lights and all). The polite but official officers boarded The Next Thirty Years for a routine safety check and found us in compliance.
sand as white as snow. We passed Fort Walton Beach and Eglin Air Force base which is the size of the state of Rhode Island. A guide book pointed out that the base has a hanger the size of a city block where the Air Force subjects bombers sub-arctic conditions for weeks at a time. No explanation of why they built it in Florida rather than Alaska!Just off the Pensacola Naval Air Station
we saw an unusual sight! The water was churning from the wind as a military helicopter was carrying out a practice water rescue. As we were watching, a Coast Guard patrol boat came along side 
and stopped us (blue lights and all). The polite but official officers boarded The Next Thirty Years for a routine safety check and found us in compliance.
This evening we came under the bridge at Dustin and found a place in the small harbor anchored in Destin. 
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