Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida

In a word; DON'T. It's too expensive and aint that great. This is breakfast at Cracker Barrel, about 15 minutes from Disney. About 23 bucks, tip included for bacon, sausage, ham, eggs, pancakes and everything else for two people. The Trail's End resturant at the campground runs $14.99 per person and from what I've read, is not anything to brag about. There's plenty of good places to eat just off Disney property, most will run about half what it costs to eat on site. Eat a big breakfast off-site, in your room or at the camper, carry a drink, water and a snack with you, eat a cheap lunch if you have to and split a drink (will run around 25 bucks for 2 people, the drink will be $2.49 for a small and $2.99 for a large, all four parks will run about that) then go out to Olive Garden or something for supper.

The Donut Hole, Detin, Florida

I got up early one morning (8:30) and thought I'd get some fresh donuts, The Donut Hole is only like a mile from Topsail. Holy Cow, the place was covered up. They serve breakfast and I think maybe lunch, evidently it's good cause the parking lot stays full until after lunch time. I never did get around to trying anything but the donuts just because I didn't want to get up early to beat the rush. The donuts were excellent, maybe next time we'll try breakfast.

There are two locations, this one near Topsail and another on the west side of Destin.

The Crab Trap, Destin, Florida

The beach bar is a great place to have a Crab Trap Punch and a beer while you wait on your table. There's usually a wait, sometimes 10 or 15 minutes, sometimes 45 minutes to an hour, it's a popular place.

You can get an open air view of the gulf if you get the right table.

Don't go if you're expecting a nice quiet dinner, it's loud but the service is always good.

The food is great, above is the Captain's Platter, my wife had the Crab Lover's Platter (below).

Great place to eat, enjoy a beverage, watch the folks and look out at the beach.

There are 3 or 4 more Crab Traps around, this is the only on we've tried. Here's a link to the rest:The Crab Trap

Bayou Bills Crab House, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida

There's two locations, east of Destin (3 or 4 miles from Topsail) and one in Panama City.

Char-grilled oysters, kinda like steamed with a charcoal grilled flavor.

One night we split a platter for two, ended up more like four, we ate it for lunch the next day.

During the week in September it's not crowded. Maybe a wait on the weekend.

This is the house special, a bucket of steamed. You get a choice of blue crab or legs. I managed to empty my bucket but it would actually feed two easily.

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Bayou Bill's Crab House



Kick-A** No-Bake Cookies

Everybody knows how to make no-bake cookies, if you don't Google it or something. Chocolate, peanut butter and oat meal, how could you improve on that? My wife is a genius, she added Kraft caramel bits.

and yea, I know it looks like a turd....