While most folks think of Panama City Beach and Spring Break as a natural pairing, we're here to find nature, and we're not the only ones. We ran into into dozens of families out biking or taking their kids out on short hikes to get a taste of natural Florida. At St. Andrews State Park, one young boy and his dad were intent on finding an alligator. The name of the trail was Alligator Lake, after all, and they'd come all the way from Michigan and hadn't seen one. John tried hard to spot a gator for them, but no luck. At Grayton Beach State Park, we watched a dad and his two kids come bursting out of the oak hammock and down the dunes, having a blast. Fifteen minutes later, we ran across them on another part of the trail system, this time with mom and the littlest one being carried along.
What brings families to the beach is time spent together doing something fun. It's heartening to see so many immersing in nature together to make memories for the future, so today's children will still have that fondness for the parks they visited in their youth.
