Left the wilderness of Cape San Blas,excited to try the one new to us park on this years trip. We passed through Panama City, home of St. Andrew's St. Park, which was the very first place we camped in the teardrop in 2010. The park is outstanding, but Panama City and Panama City Beach is a pit to be avoided unless you are a young spring breaker,intent on participating in the annual balcony fall olympics. (Sorry,that was cold)

Beyond Panama City, there are several parks stretching West: Grayton Beach, Topsail Hill (---which we planned to recon for the future;this one was a formerly private facility donated to the state,which allows no tent camping,has a swimming pool,shuttle trolleys to the beach and a shuffleboard court. Now that I write this...hmm...) Henderson Beach in Destin, and finally Fort Pickens ,west of Pensacola and part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore, which is shared by Florida and Mississippi. (Boy,Alabama really got screwed on this shorefront deal)

Our destination was Grayton Beach, which turns out to be an absolutely beautiful, VERY upscale town---think Sanibel/Captiva,but a little less stiff/upper crusty. At least that was my impression in our extremely brief stay. Why brief? Turns out that dogs are NOT allowed, even on a leash, to be on any beach in any of these counties to the West of Gulf County. Residents of Grayton Beach participate in a lottery for the privilege of paying hundreds of dollars for a permit to bring their leashed dogs to the  beach before 9 and after 7. Violations=$1500.00. Thus,we beat a hasty retreat.

Forgot to put a title on this one,but I guess I'd call it Wicked Witch of the West.