Gulf Coast Trip Grayton Beach -Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park

Sunday (Jan 29) we decided to check out Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park. To get there we drove into Destin and then took the Midbay toll bridge on US 293. This was one of the bigger bridges across a bay that we have been on for quite some time at 3.6 miles. The bay area here is huge! The toll bridge was $4. The park itself is fairly close to Eglin Air Force Base. It’s quite a bit smaller than Grayton but has a bigger picnic area. It also has a boat ramp and hiking trails. We had a sunny but somewhat chilly picnic by Choctawhatchee Bay! We saw some of the tallest pine trees we have ever seen. The website for the park says some are more than 300 years old. We drove through the campground and were again impressed with how spacious and pretty the sites were. They have 42 sites with electric and water hookups here.  Going back we took highway 20 so we wouldn’t have to drive into Destin again. It connects to 331 and there is another bay bridge to cross but it isn’t a toll bridge.




Picnic at Fred Gannon

More of picnic area