Port St. Joe, Florida

WindMark Beach
Sunday, July 19 - Thursday, July 23, 2026

Welcome to part of Florida’s beautiful forgotten coast…

Port St. Joe, Florida!

Join us at Blue Skies in the charming coastal town, Port St. Joe, Florida where we will enjoy beaches at Cape San Blas and evening activities in the community of Windmark Beach.

Port St. Joe is known for the pristine bay, sugar white beaches, rich sea life, and beautiful dunes and is steeped in history, natural beauty and outdoor adventure!

Windmark Beach opened its doors to Blue Skies as we launched the ministry and held our first camp in 2010, and it continues to serve as home base for camp activities in the spring and and summer camps.

Port St. Joe is so dear to Blue Skies because of the countless memories we’ve made, the fun we’ve had, the family friendly community it provides and the incredible locals who have become family to us! Port St. Joe is known as a small beach town with a big heart, a place where visitors instantly feel like locals. We love it and know you will too!

snorkeling

One of our favorite activities at camp is snorkeling! Weather permitting, we’ll enjoy a day on the bay together hunting for the treasures in the sea. We find starfish, hermit crabs, sand dollars and have fun looking for dolphins as we cross the bay on our adventure! The most fun is spending time together and getting to know one another.

WHAT TO KNOW

where

Hotel St. Joseph, Port St. Joe, Florida

Address: 504 Monument Ave, Port St. Joe, FL 32456

ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE

Guest Family arrival time: 4:00 - 5:00pm EST

Port St. Joe is only a couple of miles from CST, so be sure to set your phones to stay on EST! If you are running late, please call your site director, Shannon Waldrop, 770-598-8548.

Departure time: 9:30am EST

what to pack

You won’t need much! Pack casual clothes, bathing suits, flip flops and your toiletries. Remember to bring all of your family's routine medications like Advil, Tylenol, bandaids, etc. along with any prescription medications, medical supplies, equipment and swim diapers if you have little ones. The community is ideal for biking and skating. Feel free to bring bikes, scooters or skates if you like!

The hotel provides:

  • Bed and bath linens

  • Pool towels, chairs and umbrellas

  • A small refrig and microwave

  • Sunscreen (30+ lotion)

  • Snacks and bottled water, canned soda at the beach and pool

  • Sand toys, sand buckets, rafts, and pool toys

  • Games, arts & crafts

We will provide:

  • Sunscreen (30+ lotion)

  • Snacks and bottled water, canned soda at the beach and pool

  • Sand toys, sand buckets, rafts, and pool toys

  • Games, arts & craftsBed and bath linens

  • Pack for our Theme Nights:

You may want to bring something for our theme nights to wear!

  • Sunday: Splish Splash Blue Bash (Wear a blue bathing suit if you have one!)

  • Monday: It’s a Blue Skies HoeDown! (Grab your boots, bandanas, cowboy hats and denim, it’s time for BBQ and boot scootin’ boogie!)

  • Tuesday: Christmas in July! (Wear your Christmas PJs, an ugly Christmas sweater, a Christmas blowup costume or something festive!)

  • Wednesday: Red, White, and BLUE SKIES (Hooray for the red, white and blue! Grab your flags, beads, red, white and blue accessories and t-shirts and get ready for our Hometown Parade!)

schedule

Here’s what a day at camp looks like!

Details of schedule and camp rosters

We have created a google sheet with a tab for the camp schedule along with tabs for the guest and volunteer rosters so you can learn a little more about who will be at camp with you! Click this link to access the google sheet. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1n3DjRkqFFdkoLwME_R5zdgX2wJMfH2Ms6Y3UgXDmgrE/edit?usp=sharing

guidelines

To help keep everyone safe, please review our guidelines for camp by clicking HERE. We ask all campers to abide by these guidelines to ensure we all have an incredible week together!

COST

Thanks to the fundraising that our volunteers participate in and the generous donations of others, our camps and mountain getaways are provided at no cost to you and your family apart from your transportation and possibly a meal or two.

GET YOUR CAMP T—SHIRT

We have fun camp t-shirts designed uniquely for the PSJ camp. Please click the link below with your shirt order by Monday, June 29.

(We get it, not everyone is a t-shirt person OR you may not see yourself wearing this year’s shirt. No worries! Just click on the link to the google form and select, no thank you. It will help us be good stewards to give shirts only to those who would like one:))

(https://forms.gle/C8FYfAUpuNWU16no9)

what to Expect

You can expect lots of smiles and excitement! Our team of volunteers will be ready to greet you with open arms! When you pull into the hotel parking lot, you’ll be greeted by lots of smiling faces directing you to parking!

If you can, have the whole family join you at check-in so we can grab a quick picture of your family and meet everyone. You will also meet your Family Host Team once you finish checking in. Throughout camp, your Family Hosts will greet you at activities and will be available to answer questions, point you in the right direction, and help you have an amazing week with your family!

Each day begins with fun and togetherness at Good Morning Blue Skies! We start with a wall of donuts and coffee followed by Chapel. Afterward, parents gather to get to know each other and share their journeys while the kids play and have fun! Afternoons are spent lounging at the beach and pool - and there’s plenty of time for naps or sightseeing, too!. After dinner, get ready for lots of laughs and fun family time at each of our evening activities! One night, we will have a Red, White, and Blue Skies parade. Finally, after watching a glorious sunset, you can grab some milk and cookies before climbing into bed. It's gonna be a great time!

And hopefully, exactly what you and your family need!!

We ask every guest family to attend our welcome dinner and participate in our first Kindred Journey session. We encourage guest families to participate in all camp activities, but, take from this week what your family needs and participate in what you choose.

MEALS

Thanks to our local volunteers in Port St. Joe, we can enjoy sharing meals together, spending time getting to know one another. We will have continental breakfasts at the hotel. Lunches and dinners we’ll eat together at the hotel, Rish Park or at WindMark Beach Town Hall. Please help us show our HUGE gratitude by thanking them when you see the local Port St. Joe volunteers! Some of the sweetest memories and best connections at camp have been made while sharing a meal together! Please let us know if you have any dietary allergies or restrictions.

We will have snacks and drinks at most camp activities. We encourage everyone to bring a reusable water bottle, it helps us be good stewards!

There is a Piggly Wiggly less than a mile from camp if you need anything.

housing

New this year, volunteers and guests will stay at a local hotel in downtown PSJ. It’s a new 27 room hotel that we rented out for camp! Your room assignments will be given at check-in. (For those of you who’ve been to PSJ with us, it overlooks the bay near the public pier, playground and pickleball courts.)

travel

We wish we could blink you down to camp, but each family must provide their own transportation. If you need to fly, the closest airport to Port St. Joe in Florida is the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport in Panama City, Florida. The airport is located in the Central Time Zone (camp is on Eastern Time). It takes about an hour to get to the airport. You will need a car at camp to go to the grocery store, to get to snorkeling, beach day at Cape San Blas, etc.

podcast

Click here to hear Melinda’s heart behind the ministry and the hope Blue Skies brought to the Dryden family as they join Christy Nockels on her podcast!

a letter from melinda

Click here to read a welcome from Melinda!

JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP:

Make sure to join the Facebook group here, for more updates and intro’s from other families going to camp!

additional info

Port St. Joe is an ideal place for biking, skating, walking, running, etc.  There are boardwalks throughout the community and a path that runs along the water!

Cancellation Policy

Please let us know right away if for some reason you can not make it to camp. We want to make sure every room is filled with families who need a little Blue Skies! Email Mary Nicholl, our Guest Family Coordinator, signmeup@whereskiesareblue.org.