We said good-bye to Cedar Key but we weren’t ready to leave Florida entirely. We wanted to drive as close to the water as possible to see the lovely white beaches in the Florida panhandle. Our search for lunch made us miss a turn which resulted in a short visit of Tallahassee, the capital of Florida. Truth be told, we only had a glance from the Interstate and then returned to the smaller more coastal highway.

We stopped and saw a post showing how high the water can be during a hurricane!

Seeing all these nice beaches and white sand makes you want to take a break for a nice coffee and smoothie. Port St. Joe is a quaint little town with eclectic little stores. You could tell that it wasn’t the main season as some stores where closed and the old movie theater was abandoned. The coffee/smoothie store (bin 4eleven) was new and was doing quite well.

Time was running out so we continued on our beautiful coastal highway (US-98) without stopping at stunning white sand beaches along the way in the Mexico Beach and Panama City.

We were rewarded by getting a great camping spot at Grayton Beach State Park. Thunder and lightning prevented us from walking around too much that night but there would be tomorrow morning.