In Pensacola, You Can Step Through City’s Vibrant History, Then Dig Your Toes Into Its Sugar-White Sand

Vacationers enjoy a dip at Pensacola Beach in Pensacola, Florida. Duncan McCall/Courtesy of Visit Pensacola/TNS

By Patti Nickell From Tribune News Service

As a beach-loving traveler, I have seen a lot of sand in my time. The pearl-pink sands of Bermuda and the charcoal-black sands of Hawaii. The dunes of Cape Cod and the golden stretches of the Cote d’Azur.