Chuck, the beaches are fine, always have been. The media is real good about zooming in on the small bad sections of the beach making you think that the whole place is like that but in reality it washes up in little sections at a time. Also when it does wash up its quickly cleaned up. Even the really hard hit areas like Orange Beach and Gulf Shores are nice and clean for now.

Destin never suffered a good direct hit.

You can probably find a great deal and I'm telling you that as of now you wont regret it. If anything do what my dad did and wait till the last minute. He came the week before the fourth and got a $2,200/wk condo on Navarre beach for $850.

When you come let me know so we can do some fishing!!