January 10, 20179 yr I love Destin any time of the year! Once we were there for Christmas and my crazy kids still went in the water! We usually go in March or April time frame, what ever coincides with Easter. Even if the water is cooler, it's still great to be at the beach! Find a hotel with a heated outdoor pool so you can get your swimming fix there, and still have fun playing at the beach.
January 10, 20179 yr Definitely need to go past Daytona, Orlando or Tampa where it is nice and warm and you can swim.
January 10, 20179 yr Randy, if you want to come back to Clearwater, you can break the trip into 2 parts. When we come up there, I will usually leave here after work on Friday, around 5 or 5:30 pm. We'll drive until we get to Kennesaw. There is a Springfield Inn there, right off of I-75, that is reasonably priced. We usually end up back on the road by 7 or 8 the next morning. We do the reverse coming home. Do you like Clearwater? I'm going there this summer.
January 10, 20179 yr I'd prefer keeping it at 12 hours or less. I've seen Randy drive. 12 hours puts San Diego County in play.
January 10, 20179 yr I've seen Randy drive. 12 hours puts San Diego County in play. Zeppelins don't have to yield.
January 10, 20179 yr 12 hours also gets your to the NE coast/Jacksonville area which you might like. Atlantic gives you better wave action. As far as the panhandle goes you obviously have Destin which I'm not big on - way too crowded for ol' Clyde. 2 hours east is a quiet little beach called Mexico Beach. Really quiet. If you go west of Destin you get over towards Alabama and they have the same nice beaches. We stayed in Perdido Key which is right on the state line. Nice area. Cross the state line and you have some nice Bama beaches as well. About the same drive as you have to Destin. It's also close to Pensacola if you want a city to visit. Stayed in Perdido Key a couple years ago. Camped. Almost od'd on awesome.
January 10, 20179 yr I go down just about every month. Got about a year left, then I'll be hanging in St Pete with the ole swamprat full time.
January 10, 20179 yr Going to Disney? Not Disney, but maybe Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure if I decide I want to spend that much money. :lol2:
January 10, 20179 yr I don't care for huge crowds either, but it's not a deal breaker.The Gulf Shores, AL area is really nice and more of a poor mans Destin. I say that meaning it is smaller and would be less crowded that time of year. Beaches are virtually the same. This would be Ft Morgan, Orange Beach, Perdido Key areas.
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