Day 4
Destin to Historic Pensacola Village
58 milesHead west on U.S. 98 to Destin. Stop at the Donut Hole (635 Hwy. 98 E., 850-837-8824) for a quintessential diner breakfast, then enjoy the sugar high from the 1,262-foot Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier (1030 Miracle Strip Pkwy. E., (850) 244-1023), known as one of the luckiest places to fish in the world. Next door, Florida's Gulfarium (1010 Miracle Strip Pkwy. S.E., (850) 243-9046) hosts the world's oldest marine show. Kids can watch the dolphin and sea-lion performances and explore the touch pools and shark moat.
Drive over the Mid-Bay Bridge to Fort Walton Beach and grab lunch at Rick's Crab Trap (203 Brooks St., 850-664-0110), where kids can feed fish snacks from a gumball-style dispenser. Afterward, head to the Pensacola Naval Air Station (190 Radford Blvd.), about 90 minutes west on U.S. 98. The National Museum of Naval Aviation (1750 Radford Blvd., (850) 452-3604) displays 100 kinds of aircraft and offers flight simulators and weekly loop-the-loop flying demonstrations.
Continue west to Historic Pensacola Village (205 E. Zaragoza St., (850) 595-5985), where guides dressed in period garb describe the city's founding in the 1870s. Stop at
