PHOTOS: Michelle Obama walks barefoot on the beach at Boardwalk Beach Resort, Panama City FL

[flpoljunkie]

First lady Michelle Obama walks barefoot on the beach at the Boardwalk Beach Resort on Panama City Beach, Fla, Monday, July 12, 2010. She is accompanied by, left to right, Panama City Beach Mayor Gayle Oberst, Dan Rowe, Bay County Tourist Development Council, and Carol Browner, U.S Department of Commerce. (AP Photo/Ric Feld)


First lady Michelle Obama speaks during a roundtable discussion at the Panama City Beach Welcome Center in Panama City Beach, Fla., Monday, July 12, 2010. Yonnie Patronis, owner of Capt. Anderson's Restaurant, left, and Panama City Beach Mayor Gayle Oberst, center look on. (AP Photo/Ric Feld)

First lady Michelle Obama talks with Dan Rowe, of the Bay County Tourist Development Council, at the Panama City Beach Welcome Center in Panama City Beach,… Read more » (AP Photo/Ric Feld)


U.S. First lady Michelle Obama, (3rd L) hugs Panama City Beach Mayor Gayle Oberst as Bay County Commissioner William Dozier (2nd L), Panama City Mayor Scott Clemons (3rd R) and Randy Curtis (2nd R), executive director of the Northwest Florida Beaches Airport watch during Obama's arrival in Panama City Beach, Florida July 12, 2010.« Read less REUTERS/Colin Hackley (UNITED STATES)


First lady Michelle Obama talks with Dan Rowe, of the Bay County Tourist Development Council, at the Panama City Beach Welcome Center in Panama City Beach, FL (AP Photo/Ric Feld)

[bettyellen]

1. trying to help poor Florida get some tourists back

[Saphire]

2. On a side, fashion note...I love her shorter hair.

[riskpeace]

3. Thank you Mrs. Obama!

We are grateful to the beautiful First Lady for her time and for showing the nation that Panama City Beach is 100% clean and clear of oil.

[rocktivity]

4. Clean beaches don'thelp if you're too broke to go.

There just isn't that much discretionary income to go around. And there's the still the question about how polluted the water might be.

:(
rocktivity