I previously mentioned Fernandina beach. I've always sort of looked down on east coast beaches. We went last summer with friends who grew up in SE Georgia, so that was their go-to beach. I bring it up again because of the Cape San Blas discussion. Our experience was that it was less crowded and less expensive than the Cape. There were lots more houses, but it still was less crowded. The thing about the Cape is that you are all out there by your lonesome. At Fernandina, I was able to ride a bike into town if I wanted. The feeling of being somewhat remote, yet close to everything was nice. Another thing that was cool is that the beaches have been reinforced by dredge spoils. You have much larger tidal changes there than in the Gulf too. We spent the early morning and later afternoon walking the beach while intently looking at the sand. We found maybe 30 fossilized shark teeth on the trip. We liked it well enough that we're going back to the same house, with the same other family. I'll try to upload some photos in a bit.