Panama City Beach (2)

Today we woke to glorious sunshine, and warmth - how appropriate for our last day before the journey home!  Everything is better on a day like this. lots of kids out laughing and playing. This is a family park, but even so, there are a surprising number of children still in the park after the weekend, guess home schooling is a big thing here!
The park is right beside a zoo and although we can't see anything from inside the park, daylight brought some interesting sounds which we are presuming to be the result of "feeding time at the zoo". Not sure what animals they have! One of our neighbours here has a little dog that was acting for all the world like a tiger, stalking Max. The owner told us they camp right beside the fence, and he wonders if there are tigers on the other side!
Poor Maxi got a bath again today cuz he had rolled in some garbage outside a dumpster a few days ago and the smell is lingering.... we used "my" shampoo so now he smells like camomille (at least until he finds something else to roll in).
Just an FYI, we did go out for seafood last night, Captain Jack's Seafood Buffet. It was a good supper, but did not compare to what you would get at King's Buffet. Guess these Americans can learn a few things from us Canadians after all!!
We did another tour of the beach area today.  The places that were free beaches and open area when Karl was coming to Panama City Beach 25 years ago are now built up with highrises, hotels and condos. We did try further down the beach than we did yesterday, but you can still only catch quick peaks at the beach/water. There are occasional public access paths to the beach, but signs for no parking and "no dogs on the beach" are everywhere - it's downright discouraging! After asking in the park office, we did find a dog friendly area.  Out of about 15 miles of beach, they set aside about 600 feet as pet friendly?!?  Oh well, after all that, I had a great swim in the gulf. Max just checked it out to his belly and backed out.  Karl didn't even go that far! But, it was beautiful, and at least as warm as Mallory Beach in late July.
So we just had a fabulous pizza supper - they have an oven in the hall, so we did home made! The night is warm and sky is brilliant with stars. The park is full of palm trees and looks really pretty tonight.
And now we are planning the trip home......  sigh