Spring Training Trip - Day 59

We left the Bay Bayou RV Resort about 7:30 am under clear skies.  The drive went well and we arrived at Mid-Bay Shores, the Maxwell-Gunter AFB recreation area in Niceville, FL about 3:00 pm local time.  We actually gained an hour along the way as we are now in the Central Time Zone.

The recreation area includes 26 RV sites with full hook-ups, 25 rental cabins, 5 mobile homes, boat storage, boat launch, fishing pier, laundry, beach fitness center, etc.  The facility is run by Maxwell-Gunter AFB which is the joint Air Force base located in Montgomery, AL about 3 ½ hours north of here.  The recreation area is right on the water on the north side of Choctawhatchee Bay just across from Destin where we stayed on the way to Clearwater.  We did a quick look around the facility and our first impression is that the place needs a little sprucing-up.  I am sure money for things like deferred maintenance and basic improvements at places like this throughout the military are getting harder and harder to come by.  The prices they are charging to stay here could probably be increased somewhat to help pay for needed improvements and the place would still be heavily used.  An RV spot here only costs $20 per night.  This is about half, or maybe even a third, of what a comparable waterfront RV site would cost in the more upscale Florida coastal areas.


We are not sure what we are going to do here tomorrow, but it could be more beach time.  We leave for New Orleans on Tuesday.

Day 59 Pictures