This morning Ralph visited Dr. Joseph Bakker, whose office is about two miles from the Ft. Walton Yacht Club where we were moored.  Thank you, Bill Geyer, for offering to loan him your truck to get there.  Seems the Captain had broken off a filling and part of a molar -- it was not a tiny stone in my pizza after all, I am happy to say.  Dr. Bakker was efficient and painless and for the second time in four days, the Captain's dental problems were resolved.

 

While he was at the dentist, Striper and I took a nice walk around the neighborhood.  There were a lot of political signs and several houses for sale in this pretty place.  I was happy to see palm trees once again.  We encountered a few squirrels, several dogs and one cat in our travels.  It was good to be out walking in the sunshine again.

We left the dock at 10:35 on this beautiful sunny day.  Our crossing across the Choctawhatchee Bay was as smooth as glass.  We were delightfully treated to several pods of majestic dolphin swimming toward us, then abruptly turning 180 degrees to swim with us, some ahead of the bow wake and a mama and her calf swimming to starboard in our wake.

 

We traveled 30 miles today and are anchored off the Choctawhatchee Bay Bridge.  Attached are some of today's photos:

 

Two majestic dolphin swim in our bow wake

A mama dolphin and her calf swim in our starboard wake

Entrance to the Ft. Walton Yacht Club -- thank you, Glen, for sponsoring us for a transient slip.

On our walk through a very pretty neighborhood in Ft.. Walton Beach, FL

What a great tree house!

I needed to photograph this so I could spell it correctly

Striper makes us laugh as she stands on the bow with the wind blowing in her face

Tonight's back yard