Jason and I left Leland with GiGi and Pap while we went to Panama City Beach over Father's Day weekend. We had a lot of fun relaxing with 3 of our best friends. It was a much needed adult trip, but it was weird being on vacation without Leland!
The water was SO clear, even though there was brown stuff on the beach. We were able to get into the ocean to cool off, so we stayed at the beach almost the entire time.
We ate at some amazing places. Our good friend from College lives in PC now, so he recommended places to us. We like to try new stuff when we go to the beach unless we know somewhere that was really good the last time. Thursday, I woke everyone up around 4:30am and we were on the road by 5am. We were at the Starbucks on 280 right when they opened at 5:30 (everyone joked that I made them leave before Starbucks was open because the one by our house was closed when we went by). By 1pm, we had eaten lunch, checked into our room, and were on the beach, so no one was complaining about the early leaving time at that point. The weather was beautiful and we were able to sit out on the beach all afternoon. We went in around 5:30, just in time for a huge black cloud to form and a monsoon to start outside. We looked at radar and the rain was there to stay through the night, so we took a friends advice and went to The Boat Yard, where they had valet parking!
The food and scenery were amazing! It is right on the water with boats all around, but the restaurant is decorated very cute as well. The Boat Yard will definitely be on our go to list for next time!
We were going to go back to Boon Dock's (another amazing seafood place), but the wait was 2 hours long, so we settled for Sharky's (mind you it was almost 9pm by this point). The food was actually a lot better than it has been in the past, but we mainly went because they had a band out on the beach patio.
Our last day on the beach was the prettiest one, but HOT! We went in early around 4 to start getting ready and made it over to Bayou on the Beach for another great meal. We also checked out Tootsies that night. It is an all country bar/restaurant (don't worry, it was totally non smoking!). We arrived and got a table right by the dance floor. The band was SO good and the line dancers were fun to watch. We had a great time and made a few friends.
In all my years of being at the beach, I have never had a shark scare and watched people panic as they got out of the water. Fortunately, none of us were in the water at the time, but the people right down from us started hollering for people to get out of the water. There was a 3 to 4 ft shark swimming very close to the shore and right in front of us. No one was injured and he swam away, but that was really too close for comfort! We got back in the water, but were very mindful of our surroundings and thankfully you could see all around you with the clear water.
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