August 12 - Cape San Blas

Have you been searching for a white sand beach with crystal clear blue water? A nice quiet place to relax and spend time with your family? I have just the place for you, a hidden gem located on the Florida panhandle called Cape San Blas. Now many of you that peruse this blog are from Florida but have never even heard of Cape San Blas. It's about 2.5H southeast of Destin and in one word: paradise. It's a small beach town that is not commercialized. It's the perfect place to relax, read, fish, go scalloping, enjoy some peace and quiet. It is also dog friendly so there are lots of furry friends around (unfortunately our condo didn't allow pets). 

We rented a condo (part of a triplex) right on the beach last week for our first ever beach family vacation. Grammie and Uncle Chad rented another condo in the unit and we all had a blast (Uncle Greg and cousin Leah came up for a day). Although JD was really sick with a bad cold/flu the whole time, we still had fun with the kids!! The condos each had 2 bed/2 bath and full kitchens, living rooms and washer/dryer. There was a great deck overlooking the beach and the walkway over the dunes was literally right next to us. Looking at the picture, we were in the building with the red roof, our condo was on the far right. That red tent is ours, you can see how "crowded" the beach was. :)

Our First Night at the Beach

Walkway to Paradise

Daddy and the Kids

Beach Ballerinas

Burying Mommy

Uncle Chad Fishing

Grammie picking shells

Daddy and Julia

Fun in the Sand

Sand Man

Luke had a blast playing with the water hose

Snack time!

Popsicles

Sunset

Gorgeous rainbow our final morning