St. Andrews State Park

I'm going to post later about my Retirement Luncheon.  It took place on Tuesday, October 28.  The next day we loaded up and headed for St. Andrews State Park at Panama City Beach.  This was our first time at this park although many people have told us that it is a great campground.  We decided to try it and reserved site #147 without knowing anything about the layout of the park or what to expect.  We don't really care for the T.H. Stone State Park at Cape San Blas because the sites are too wooded and none of them even have a view of the water.  We were expecting pretty much the same at St. Andrews but were very pleasantly surprised.  Although when making the reservation, we saw nothing to indicate that we would even be in the vicinity of the water, this was the view in back of our trailer.

As we explored the park, we made note of several sites that would be nice to return to that are on the water.  I really enjoy a view of the water when camping.  

We rode over to the area known as the jetties.  This is a place that I went to when I was growing up to go swimming.  You don't have to worry about an undertow when swimming here.

The weather was beautiful Wednesday and Thursday.  On Thursday, we went around to a fishing pier located in the park.  This is the first time I've fished like this in many years and although we weren't doing that great, it was fun just being out and enjoying the beautiful weather.

On Friday, it rained and we just spent time reading and watching tv.  Bubba grilled steaks for supper and they were so good.  We also ate out a couple of times.

Every morning and evening, there were special visitors to the camp sites. 

This was a good time of the year to visit Panama City Beach.  The traffic was light and the weather was cool.  We will definitely return here.  Hopefully, Joe and Judy can make it next time.