After docking Slow Dancer and spending the next day resting and recuperating, we headed off to spend a couple of days in Old Town Panama with Tom and Steve. This area of Panama City was originally built by the French at the time of the canal beginning. It fell into disrepair at the hands …
We woke at 3:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 19. This was the day that we have prepared for…..Slow Dancer's transit of the Panama Canal! We had our radio on and were prepared to motor to a predetermined location to pick up our Advisor. We already had aboard our friends, Tom and Steve as well …
On Sunday, October 13, we headed away from Contadora toward Panama City. We were scheduled to get measured and complete the paperwork to transit the canal the following day. As we motored out, we were immediately swallowed up by the large dark clouds that gathered over us. We were prepared for rain, and …
We spent a few days exploring some of the Perlas Islands that are about 40 miles from Panama City, but a world away. The wildlife was amazing! Each island had a small village. We even scored 5 lobsters and a large Red Snapper from some local fishermen! We saw several fishing boats Otoque at …
We spent a very happy birthday exploring the inland town of El Valle (the Valley). This town was built in the crater left from an inactive volcano. We had heard that this was a really special little town and was a nice drive up into the mountains. We were not disappointed. First challenge was …