Our 2026 30A Summer Beach Trip by the Numbers

We got home this past Saturday from our little slice of heaven in 30A, and it was another amazing trip!  The weather forecast looked AWFUL leading up to the trip, but somehow, we lucked out!  You truly never know what you’re gonna get with the Florida weather… I’m convinced that even the meteorologists don’t know how to predict the weather there.  Haha!  Anyway, I’m recapping our trip by the numbers today as I always do, so let’s get started!

8 – Days we were on our trip

7 – Nights we stayed in the condo

8 – Days that there was a high chance of rain in the forecast

2 – Times it actually rained (and one time was at night, so it didn’t inconvenience us!)

7 – Little beach towns we visited while we were there (Santa Rosa, Seaside, Seacrest, Rosemary Beach, Inlet Beach, Panama City Beach, Blue Mountain Beach)

3 – Times somebody saw Brian or me wearing Georgia stuff and yelled, “GO DAWGS!” at us

15 + 1 pitcher of margs – Adult beverages consumed (this was spread out over eight days between Brian and me.  As I always say, we do not drink this much normally… only on vacation!)

21 – Ice creams consumed (this was spread out among four people, although, I didn’t participate most of the time)

2 – Of the ice creams above were purchased and eaten on the beach from the beach ice cream man!  That was our first time ever seeing someone selling ice cream on the beach so we couldn’t resist!

10 – Dollars that each ice cream from the ice cream man on the beach cost.  Oh-em-geeee.

38 – People in front of us to get ice cream at The Pink Pelican… we’ve never seen it so packed.

24 – Donuts consumed (one per person per day except the one day we went to brunch)

1 – Time we got takeout for dinner and ate in the condo (Angelina’s Pizza, of course)

7 – Restaurants we ate at on this trip (Great Southern Café for dinner, La Cocina for dinner, Duos at The Big Chill for dinner, Big Bad Breakfast for brunch, Pineapple Willy’s for dinner, Mimmo’s for dinner, and Old Florida Fish House for dinner)

5 – Times we ate outside at a restaurant (Great Southern Café, Duos at The Big Chill, Big Bad Breakfast, Pineapple Willy’s, and Old Florida Fish House)

2 – Times we ate inside a restaurant (La Cocina and Mimmo’s)

0 – New restaurants tried on this trip (some of our favorite restaurants of all-time are in 30A, so this is our only chance to eat there… and if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it)

5 – Times we made lunch in the condo (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday)

21:20 – Hours / minutes spent on the beach during the day

?? – Hours spent on the beach in the evening (totally forgot to keep track of this!)

11 – Walks taken on the beach

11.94 – Miles walked on the beach

46 – Ghost crabs seen at night (definitely a record… and 44 of them were seen in just one night!)

4 – Ghost crabs seen during the day

1 – Sand crab seen at night

2 – Sand crabs seen during the day

0 – Jellyfish spotted on our trip

5 – Bottles of sunscreen that we went through + part of 2 other bottles

0 – Times we played mini golf… we tried to play at our usual place, but it was too late in the evening and the place was packed so we all said NAH

5,545 – Tickets won at Dave and Busters (we smashed our all-time record)

2 – Times the kids got 500 tickets on the Treasure Quest game

12 – Stores visited in Pier Park in Panama City (I Heart Candy, Claire’s, 9 Teen Boutique, Brooklynn’s, Old Navy, Tilly’s, Aerie, Hollister, Pink (by Victoria’s Secret), Waves, Little Mustard Seed, American Eagle)

8 – Years in a row that Olivia has worn her pineapple dress to Pineapple Willy’s

Hundreds (literally) – Of young to middle age white guys with mustaches that we saw… the mustache is trending super hard right now apparently

3.5 – Books I read on the trip (second half of This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page, The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez, Don’t Let Him In by Howard Linskey, and Heart the Lover by Lily King)

0 – Time we were asked if the kids are twins

1 – Time Brian almost walked into the wrong condo (the one we usually stay in was right next door to us this year)

1 – Time Jacob almost walked into the wrong condo (for the same reason… we are all accustomed to walking to that unit)

1 – Time Olivia DID walk into the wrong condo.  LOL.  Out of habit, she walked right in our old condo that we usually stay in because the people had the door unlocked.  She got halfway down the hallway before some lady said, “Sweetie, I think you may want to try one door down.”  Hahahaha.

13 – People we saw that we know down there (my friend, Becky, and her whole family + some of our friends were all down there together and we got to see all of them at Dave and Busters completely unplanned)

1 – Influencer that we saw in the wild… I’ve been following Amber Massey (@masseya on Instagram) for a couple of years and she and her whole family were staying just down the road from us in Seaside.  We happened to drive right by them in Seaside on the way to dinner one night.  They were standing there shaved ice. 

6 – Rigatoni noodles Olivia stole from me because she loved my pasta dish so much at Mimmo’s… seriously the best pasta of my entire life.

372 – Pictures taken on the trip with my iPhone (after I deleted all of the bad ones)

64 – Videos taken on the trip with my iPhone (after I deleted all of the bad ones)

?? – Shells found and brought home on this trip (haven’t counted them yet!)

72 – The lowest temp we saw during the whole trip (it was chilly a couple of evenings on the beach per usual)

88 – The highest temp we saw during the whole trip (it was low eighties the entire week except one day that it got up to 88)

1 – Double rainbow that we saw over Rosemary Beach!

And that’s it!

As always, I’ll be recapping our whole trip eventually, so stay tuned.  And if you missed following along with us, you can see little bits here and there in my “30A ’26” highlight in my Instagram bio. 

Happy Tuesday, y’all!