On My Way To Panama... Panama... next Liberty Call Escape To Panama, the land of enchantment... The Old Canal Zone is all gone now... The Old Canal Zone is all gone now...It slipped away quietly like a tropical breeze in the night... Memories of the past are many... Images frozen in time staring back at you... In treasured countless yearbooks and photo albums... Happy days in a lost paradise...so far away now... The Old Canal Zone is all gone now... Memories can not be sold or bought... We all have an appointment somewhere in time... It doesn’t take a Rocket Scientist to know what is to follow...So what is all the noise... there is no enigma here...The train has left the station.... all aboard, now! ...The Old Canal Zone is all gone now... Footprints mark our passage... Town sites mark our past...Diablo, Balboa, Curundu, Cocoli... all gone now...Some say they are still there... Coal-on, Margarita, Davis... Not the same, Mon..... nothing stays the same... Solve the puzzle... write the words... Laughter is good medicine...The Old Canal Zone is all gone now... friends... much has changed for time marches on... But hey it will be fun!...So, where do we go from here? That is a good question... Can anybody really go home? ... Yes! Let's escape to my Panama at the crossroads of world commerce in the heart of the universe... Let the magic begin. The USS Nevada BB-36 makes an intermediate stop in Cuban waters before going on to Panama.... where the living was easy. The US Navy has been part of the Canal Zone since the beginning... Here is the battleship Ohio going through the cut in the Panama Canal in 1915. To believe.....to reach.....to strive is to keep a dream alive. If you use each today as a chance to reach out, to learn something more of what life's all about....... If you follow your dreams, strive to make them come true..... Then life's sure to bring all the best things to you. ----Unknown When you have heard it all... Carpe Diem. Yes seize the day! Here are a few final thoughts: Make the best use of what is in your power and take the rest as it happens...---- Epictetus You are beaten to earth... Well, well, what is that? It is nothing against you to fall down flat, But to lie there... now that is a disgrace. --- Mike Ditka "... And the sea will grant each man new hope, as sleep brings dreams of home." --- Admiral of the Seas, Christopher Columbus Coffee O' boiling, bubbling, berry bean! Thou consort of the kitchen queen- Browned and ground of every feature, The only aromatic creature, For which we long, for which we feel, The breath of morn, the perfumed meal. --- Arthur Gray (1902) from "Over the black Coffee" Have you had your cup of Cafe Duran today? Escape to Panama It has been a real pleasure sharing some of my love of Panama as I remember it. Feel free to check out other pages.....you'll be glad you did! So take care and drop by again. We will all be here, God willing. Hasta la Vista.... See you on the flip side. Photo Credits: Author,Bill Fall, Montana, CZ & PCC Archives and US Navy Archives Too Many Secrets Little Stories to enjoy Sing and rejoice, tra-la-la, for fortune is smiling upon you!