Wednesday night we headed down to PCB, FL with Jaime and Evan. Chad knows Jaime from the SLU meteorology department. She just graduated with her Master's. So this was a well-deserved trip for all! We arrived in the PCB Thursday morning...and they had a room ready for us. Score!! (Thanks, Jaime and Evan, for driving all night!!) Here's a couple pics of our resort.
The resort had the huge pier extending out from it that led to a bar, Lime's, and then eventually to a boat dock.
Here's the clan with their toes in the Gulf for the first time this trip.
Thursday night we headed out to the #1 place in PCB (as listed on Yelp)...Hunt's Oyster Bar.
You'll laugh at the website if you click on the link. It's a complete hole, but was packed until after 10pm every night we drove by. Evan shared his baked oysters with me, which I loved surprisingly! The grilled grouper was also good...but I was bummed that they were out of cheese grits. (It doesn't surprise me though. I think we were the last patrons there that night.) We were on "resort time". I don't think we ate until at least 9pm each night. LOL!
Friday we hit the beach for the first time. Our resort doesn't really have a beach of its own, since it's on the bay. However, they do provide a boat shuttle that takes you over to Shell Island. Shell Island is a barrier island that is several miles long and super narrow. The boat drops you off on bay side of the island. Then you walk down a boardwalk to the Gulf side of the island. It's so private & secluded. It's phenomenal!!
Friday we packed a lunch and spent all day at the beach! Heavenly...even though Chad and I got a bit toasty, which we wouldn't know until later. : )
While hanging at the beach that day we got to see this awesome U.S. Navy Hovercraft! It was massive!!!
Friday night we headed to Schooner's. It was right off the strip on Panama City Beach! Very cool...but made up appreciate our Shell Island beach even more!
Saturday Chad and I decided to hang at the pool for part of the day nursing our sunburns while Jaime and Evan hit the beach again. Saturday evening we hit up a local souvenier store, Alvin's Island, that was built like a volcano. Completely tacky, but quite comical too! Here's a pic of the boys goofing around...
After Alvin's we headed over to Uncle Ernie's for a late dinner. It was the cutest place...looks like a house, but has an amazing two-story deck in back. It overlooked the bay and marina. Gorgeous! We opted for the upstairs deck with the bar and live jazz music. Yummy food and martini's! I got a seafood pasta, and Chad ordered a soft-shell crab dinner. The soft-shell crab was a first for the both of us...but very tasty!
Sunday was our last day at PCB...bittersweet. We opted for a morning at the beach...
Chad will kill me for posting this one...maybe Jaime too...but I can't help it. Check out his back...poor guy! If you look closely you can see the STL Arch in his back. Ha! I think that I was trying to avoid the breeze on the beach while applying sunscreen and sprayed too closely.
...and then a little lunch at Lime's...
...sunset drinks at Schooner's...
...and finally dinner at The Shrimp Boat.
What a fabulous vacation!!
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