The Manderscheid Family: Panama City Beach, July 2012

This past weekend we took a family trip to Panama City Beach to visit dad. Since Aunt Cheryl's birthday was on Sat. we thought it would be cool present to invite her along. Dad has bought at 32 foot RV that we stayed in at the shop. It was kind of close courtiers at night but it was nice to save the hotel money. And with staying at the shop we had 2 extra bathrooms so that was nice too! We drove down Thursday night and got in late. Friday morning dad made breakfast and then we went to Anderson State park to go swimming in the lagoon. We had heard that the beach had a double red flag so we wouldn't of been able to get in the water there so we went some where we could. We were there for a few hours and then left for lunch. It was a cloudy day but the rain held off ( I decided since it was cloudy not to put on sun screen, that was a bad decision, I got so burned, it was horrible!). Then Friday night we went and walked on the beach and let Aly collect some sea shells.

Dad had planned a deep sea fishing trip for him and JV on Sat. morning. They had some issues with the boat so they got a late start but by lunch it was all worth it. They caught 10 huge grouper fish that they brought back and JV caught a very large Amber Jack (they did have to throw that one back because you couldn't keep them till Aug. 1). It was a great 1st trip deep sea fishing for JV. While they were doing that Aunt Cheryl and I took Aly to Shipwreck Island water park. Lisa, who works with dad was able to get us free tickets which made it even better. We all had a really good time. Aly played on the slides and in the wave pool and Aunt Cheryl and I had a blast watching her have fun. We left there around 2:00 and went to J. Michaels to have Aunt Cheryl's birthday lunch and took lunch back for the guys.

Since everyone was so tired after the busy morning we took naps and then later went to Pier Park. Aly and JV rode the farris wheel. I couldn't believe she rode it but she did and loved it. We rode the Merry go round twice. We were having fun making faces at Aunt Cheryl and Dad as we went by. Then Sunday morning we went and got breakfast and then headed home. It was a quick trip but a good one. We are looking forward to going back soon and doing some other things that we didn't have time to this time!!!