Panama City Beach

Our trip to the beach went well this year. I was a little worried about oil but it was fine. We stayed in Julie's inlaws' condo and it was great! We love it there. The girls love that they have a room together. Plus, there are 3 pools and a "cacuzzi", as the girls call it. Basically, all we did for the week was go between the beach and the pools each day. We usually started at the pools in the morning and then after eating lunch in the condo, we'd go to the beach for a while in the afternoon. We did go to a waterpark one day. It was really fun. The girls can ride the waterslides with us and they love it! On another day, we took a shuttle boat out to Shell Island from the State Park there in Panama City. The water is clearer and the waves are bigger on Shell Island. Unfortunately, we didn't find any shells there. Eric and the girls really wanted to find a whole sand dollar but it never happened. The girls love the bigger waves though. They would dive head first into each wave as it came at them. I love the clear water there! The water was really clear at the beach by the condo on some of the days. On the other days, there was seaweed and algae in the water. We never really saw oil though.

We had a fun vacation and didn't want to come home at the end of the week!