This is the area from Panama City Beach and Pensacola. Advice on visiting the area...skip Panama City Beach and go straight to Santa Rosa area. Look in real close on the map for Choctawhatchee Bay. Start at Hwy 331 right in the Gulf and go west from there. You will pass through places like Santa Rosa Beach, Turquoise Beach, Miramar Beach, Destin and through Fort Walton Beach. Wow, these places were a whole 'nuther world as compared to Panama City. The beaches were the most different we've seen in our travels. The white white sand was just everywhere, if you didn't know better, you'd think you were in the middle of an area under snow. The sand took over the roads, sidewalks, parking lots and open fields. The area itself in this drive was delightful. Obviously a higher class of travellers than the "spring breakers". It was still busy in some areas, just not the mayhem of the younger crowd. Tons of vacation rental properties, condos, and in this tiny strip island area both sides of the street were waterfront. Pensacola Beach is definitely a recommended vacation destinaton, just plan it in April or early fall so you get some better temperatures though.
We scored an unbelievable deal here in Mobile, Alabama at a brand-new Wingate by Wyndham hotel at $54 per night for 3 nights. So here we are in Mobile, thinking of New Orleans and in the meantime, we'll see what there is to see within driving distance of this place. We're actually on the northwest outskirts of the downtown area in suburbia. A few days to relax now!
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