De-where in the world is De funiac Springs???

OK, look on the map. Find Tallahassee Florida. Look west about half way between Tallahassee and Pensacola, north of the Gulf beaches. Scroll in close at the junction of Hwys 10 and 331. Around are places like Bonifay, Ponce de Leon, Chipley and Crestview. Nope, never heard of any of them. Yep, right there in the middle of nowhere, it seems. We got to Panama City Beach and holy smokes, didn't realize it was PRIME spring break destination!! The mean age there was about 17 1/2 it seemed. And holy smokes busy!! Anyone out there reading know what Grand Bend on a holiday weekend is like....think about times 10. Maybe more, because it's much bigger. Maybe go times 100. All along the coast from there to Destin so we decided to high-tail it north. I guess we won't be seeing the #1 beach area in the U.S. :(
And it was cold today, it was about 50 when we got in to our room (very nice I might add, brand new Comfort Inn). This area of Florida has less palm trees, more pines and deciduous trees. The trees are all popping out with their blossoms and new leaves so it seems a strange mix, with all the pines, the look of northern spring with the new leaves and blooms and palm trees, all mixed together. It seems that this area has a lot of lumbering...I think we passed a big stinky paper mill on the way, and there are lots of big trucks loaded with logs. Didn't look like big logs for lumber, hence the paper mill guess. These were tall very skinny trees. What we could see of the beach was very unimpressive, but we never got anywhere near it in Panama City so I'm sure it's as nice as it was reported.