Day 47 Panama City Tour

BUS RIDE TO PANAMA CITY
LEFT XZ RV PARK AT 7 AM ---EVERYONE BRIGHT EYED AND BUSHY TAILED ?
WE WILL HAVE A TWO NIGHT STAY IN A HOTEL,,,SO WE CROSSED THE BRIDGE THAT
CONNECTS THE N. AMERICAN CONTIENT TO SOUTH AMERICA, BUILT IN 1962.
GUIDE SAID THE PACIFIC TIDE IS 15-17 FOOT RISE AND THE ATLANTIC IS 1-3 FOOT,
INTERESTING......VISITED THE OLD CITY OF SAN FELIPE WHICH HAD BEEN BURNED
TWO AND A HALF TIMES..VISIT TO AN OLD CHURCH AND THE VILLAGE SQUARE.THAN
ON TO THE VISITOR CENTER FOR SOME INSITE OF THE CITY. VISITED THE OLD CITY
THE SPANISH BUILT IN 1673 WHICH IS JUST PARTS OF WALLS AND A CHURCH TOWER
AND WE HEAR AGAIN ABOUT MORGAN HOW HE TOOK THE CITY.
AFTER A BUFFET LUNCH WE WENT TO THE MIRAFLORES LOCKS VISITOR CENTER....
IT IS A HUGE BUILDING FOUR STORIES TALL AND YOU CAN WATCH THE SHIPS GOING
THROUGH THE LOCKS FROM THE TOP DECK... IT WAS FUN TO WATCH AND A LITTLE
BREEZE MADE IT NOT FEEL SO HOT.....LOCKS ARE 1000FT LONG AND 400WIDE I THINK.
A NEW CANAL IS BEING DUG... IT WILL BE 1400 FT LONG, 180 FT WIDE AND 117 METERS
DEEP TO HANDEL THE LARGE VESSELS. AN INTERESTING DAY.
SO WE CHECKED INTO OUR HOTEL ROOMS AND WE WERE ON OUR OWN FOR THE
EVENING MEAL
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