Unfortunately, we visited Okaloosa off season in December when days are not the best to enjoy the sea; however I could only imagine how nice it would be in the summer months. I loved the area! Friendly people, amazing beach and awesome scenary. We took a brief stroll through the Boardwalk, most of the stores and restaurants were not opened at the time but had a chance to sip some Margaritas, accompanied by chips at Rockin Tacos. We also enjoyed chatting with some of the local clientele for great tips for a next visit.

The shops are your usual beach type stores. Yawn.... We really enjoyed the Rockin Tacos restaurant (decent prices) and we also enjoyed the Crab Trap restaurant despite very high prices. The food was very good at both. The pier is cool but they charge $2 to walk it. We guess it's too keep the 'so-so' folks away, and we get that, but we didn't bother. Lots of parking and the place was dead in early February.

In the pan handie of Florida I would recommend visiting Fort Walton Beach or Destin rather than Panama City. The boardwalk is very nice but was quite crowded this past weekend. There are several nice eating establishments and things to do while there. The sand was hot and the sea water was somewhat discolored with it being overcast but on pleasant temperature days I can see it being a nice place to spend time with family.