Visualize

Someone requested some explanation of the places I talk about, so here's your visual map. LOL Saint Andrews is a state park on the gulf. Rock jetty's seperate the beach side from the channel side and the kiddy pools. This is a perfect place to go with kids! Shallow clear water, no large waves. It being so perfect also makes it a bit crowded, especially on holidays. Directly across the channel where boats travel through from the gulf to Panama City Ports is Shell Island. It's just a little island breaker that, well, catches a lot of shells. It sort of catches and protects things like sand dollars, huge conch shells, crabs and hermit crabs and cool sea urchins and starfish. Sometimes there are jellyfish, so you have to watch out. There's a gulf side (with waves) to the island and a channel side, with long stretches of knee deep or less water, so perfect for the kids to roam and play and look for sea life. We were up against another jetty, protecting the island from rough waves of passing boats, and it creates a protected cove which is even MORE calm and nice to just sit and relax and play in. LOL Is that clear enough? Paradise just a few miles away...