Today we left Huntsville and headed south towards Panama Beach City, Florida. The first half of the trip was on a nice four lane freeway, and the second was on great country back roads. When we left Huntsville it was 49 degrees and pouring rain.  The back roads are fun, but little cities like Ponce De Leon, Florida, don't even have a McDonalds.  We ended up munching in cookies and a luke warm diet Coke we had from Huntsville.   

 The further south we got, the more sun we found.  Here we are entering the thriving metropolis of Panama Beach City.  Panama Beach City is a typical beach tourist town with water parks, miniture golf places and lot of fast foot restaruants. 

Checking into the hotel was a snap. This is the view from our third floor room overlooking the pool and Gulf of Mexico.  Don't let the blue skies fool you.  It's about 60 degrees and very windy.  Hopefully it will warm up tomorrow.