Panhandle of Florida

Nov 14 - 17/15 Weather 70's plus and 60's at night and sunny.

The riding in the Panhandle is nice when you pick the shoreline highways, like hwy 30a and old hwy 98.  West takes you to Destin and Fort Walton Beach.

East takes you to Grayton Beach, Seaside/Watercolor, Alys Beach and Panama City Beach. 

Seaside - a perfect village

in the town square of Seaside they have half a dozen Airstream trailers that are eateries

entering Alys Beach - very upscale

You can eat seafood fresh from the Gulf morning, noon and night.  I haven't had meat for 5 days, shrimp, oysters, crab, fish!!! Billy is the carnivore. 

inside the Red Bar restaurant, its one of those places you can't stop your eyes from wandering the walls and ceiling

Just kept hanging to the water. The new housing is incredible.  High end rentals and private seaside homes. A lot of dollars here and some neat funky restaurants. Of course Jimmy Buffett is everywhere - we found a Margaritaville at Harbourwalk Village in Destin. 
 

Jimmy is everywhere

There are several state parks along this area for camping and beach access.  The other thing that we are always alerted to are the Military bases.

military chopper

Sitting at our campsite having coffee and "KaBoom,,,,,BaBoom"!!!!!!  Oh right,  they are practising bombing maneuvers.   While walking the beach or sitting at the water for lunch the deafening sound of a chopper or fighter jet makes you search the skies!