MIRAMAR BEACH, FL: Staying Busy in the Florida Panhandle

We had a wonderful Christmas visit in central Alabama with all of our children and their families, and meeting up with friends over the Christmas holidays.  The time went by quickly.  The weather was very bad on Christmas Day including a tornado touchdown in southwest Birmingham in the evening.  Flooding rains also accompanied the storms.  But Little House endured the bad weather and we enjoyed the good times.

We left central Alabama on Jan. 2 and drove 5 hours on mostly non-interstate roads  to beautiful Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park in Niceville, FL on the shore of  Choctawhatchee Bay. We were on site 35 with a lake view through the trees in the heavily wooded campground.  Hookups included water and electric, but no sewer, although the very clean bathhouse was close by. Most of the sites are large. This link    http://tinyurl.com/h98krjy    shows pictures of the campground and surrounding park.  Our daily rate was only $8 with our Florida resident senior citizen discount.  However, the closest route to the gulf shore was via a toll road and bridge, and after a few days of making that daily journey for business chores, we decided to move 13 miles to the Destin area.

Geronimo RV Resort is in Miramar Beach, but has a Destin address.  It's a small park two blocks from the Gulf of Mexico.  The rates definitely reflect the tourist area pricing, and the the park is small but has reliable Wi-Fi, cable TV, close sites, full hookups, and clean surroundings. It has definitely been  more convenient for the activities we've had planned, so we moved there on Jan. 5 and have enjoyed our visit. We're on site 2.

The last week has been devoted to our Sky Med business.  We've put on presentations, and scouted out future events, as well as having a special assist from Sky Med's southeastern director, Rob and his wife Sherry.  It's been a busy and profitable time and we look forward to returning here in a couple of weeks. 

Tomorrow, we'll raise the jacks on Little House and get the wheels moving on our two-day journey south to Seffner, FL which is just east of Tampa.  Cooler weather is headed toward northern Florida, and we'll be looking for warmer temperatures in our new location as well as meeting up with many friends over the next two weeks.