And This Was Panama City Beach
Three days of pure bliss and enjoyment. We drove down Thursday night to Panama City Beach near the end of September. We had a 3-night reservation at a condo unit beachfront. We arrived almost at midnight, not knowing what to expect as this was a new rental for us from a friend of Tracie. Much to our delight, the place was FANTASTIC. It was a spacious 3br/3ba unit on the 6th floor right on the beach and tastefully decorated. We were off to a great start.
We were treated to 3 days of sun and warmth. We couldn't have asked for more, although we were a little worried that it might start to get a little cool being so close to October. But nope, we were wrong. Thank goodness.
And so...the next morning started with lounging on the beach. We had 2 chairs reserved. Sydney was off to explore sandcastle building and ended up creating a hermit crab zoo. The place was crawling with hermit crabs in shells of all shapes and sizes. Other kids joined in to coral as many crabs as they could find to place in Sydney's zoo and also to start their own copycat zoo. One kid even found a real, honest to goodness, blue crab and placed in in Sydney's zoo. After a few hours, we decided to let the crab go. It was cruel to leave it in the hot sun. So we took it out in a pail and chucked it into the surf.
It was nothing but fun in the sun. It was spectacular weather, to say the least. Sydney loved the sand and the surf. We swam in the salty water for hours. We even tried to snorkel a few times but Sydney found nothing good to keep, except for an eensy, beensy tiny sand dollar. She was ecstatic to have found the sand dollar. But unfortunately, she broke it when she tried to dry it with a beach towel. She was so very sad. We ended up going to the surf shop and bought a sand dollar for a souvenir.
At the end of the day, we retired to the condo and watched the sun set from our balcony. Ahhhhh, now this is the life! We are definitely doing this again! (tomorrow)
We were treated to 3 days of sun and warmth. We couldn't have asked for more, although we were a little worried that it might start to get a little cool being so close to October. But nope, we were wrong. Thank goodness.
And so...the next morning started with lounging on the beach. We had 2 chairs reserved. Sydney was off to explore sandcastle building and ended up creating a hermit crab zoo. The place was crawling with hermit crabs in shells of all shapes and sizes. Other kids joined in to coral as many crabs as they could find to place in Sydney's zoo and also to start their own copycat zoo. One kid even found a real, honest to goodness, blue crab and placed in in Sydney's zoo. After a few hours, we decided to let the crab go. It was cruel to leave it in the hot sun. So we took it out in a pail and chucked it into the surf.
It was nothing but fun in the sun. It was spectacular weather, to say the least. Sydney loved the sand and the surf. We swam in the salty water for hours. We even tried to snorkel a few times but Sydney found nothing good to keep, except for an eensy, beensy tiny sand dollar. She was ecstatic to have found the sand dollar. But unfortunately, she broke it when she tried to dry it with a beach towel. She was so very sad. We ended up going to the surf shop and bought a sand dollar for a souvenir.
At the end of the day, we retired to the condo and watched the sun set from our balcony. Ahhhhh, now this is the life! We are definitely doing this again! (tomorrow)
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