We finished packing Friday after work and decided to take off and knock out a few hours of the trip. We spent Friday night in the Lake City Cracker Barrel parking lot and had a delicious breakfast (with extra orders of Hash Brown Casserole) before heading West.
We left Cracker Barrel around 9:30AM and arrived at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park Site #14 at approximately 2:30PM.
This gave us enough time to setup the campsite and get the satellite dish connected for the Purdue vs Rutgers game in the Big 10 Conference tournament. We were able to place R2D2 in a spot on the left side of our site with a Southwestern view between the gap in two trees and pickup Dish’s Western Satellites (110, 119, 129). The campground also has HD cable which can be picked up as long as you have a TV with a QAM tuner. We were able to pickup all of the local channels on antenna as well. Verizon LTE upload/download speeds measured in at 20/10 Mb/s.
Sunday
Topsail Site 14 
Topsail Site 14
We took the shuttle to the beach at 10:00 AM. The beach here is very pristine and very unmolested. It was about 65 degrees with no wind. My new perfect beach climate.
Following our trip to the beach we drove into Destin and ate lunch at Buffalo Jack’s. This is a nice little Sports Bar with the best boneless wings (all white meat chicken breast) I have ever had.
Monday
Due to an unexpected issue with our RV toilet, we had to make a run to the Panama City Camping World to purchase a Floor Flange Seal Kit. On the way there, Beth used TripAdviser to find Patches Pub & Grill on Panama City Beach. What a great meal. I had Fish & Chips (Cod) which was great, but Beth had a French Dip made with Brisket smoked on their back lot with Burnt End Baked Beans (she wins!).
Tuesday
We drove to Seaside, FL to see the perfect little beach town selected for the filming of The Truman Show in 1998. We drove by Truman’s (Jim Carrey) home and took a quick photo.
Wednesday
Following another fun morning playing with toilet seals, we drove into Destin to eat at Harry T’s. This was by far the best meal of the trip. Beth had a nice Chicken Caesar Salad, but I won again (as always) with my choice of Grouper Strips. There was enough grouper here to feed an army and it had a real light spiced breading that was to die for.
Harry T’s 
Beth’s Chicken Caesar Salad and Brian’s Grouper Strips 
Beth’s Dessert
Thursday & Friday
We both had to work Thursday and Friday 🙁 However, we did manage to cook some nice Sam’s Club steaks and baked potato over a fire. Unfortunately, Beth started having symptoms of a head cold after dinner and was miserable Friday and Saturday.
Phoebe – Trash Inspector 
Baking the Potato 
Steak & Baked Potato
Saturday
Beth was still pretty sick for the trip home, but the beauty of a motor home is that she managed to sleep on the couch for almost the entire panhandle. Traffic was pretty heavy due to Bike Week and Spring Break traffic and slowed to a crawl from Ocala to the Turnpike. We departed at 9AM and arrived home at 5:30PM.