If you've lived in Pace through more than one July, you already know the rhythm. Kids are home. The heat index is doing its thing by 10 a.m. And Highway 90 gets a little more crowded every year with new signs going up between the Publix and the Target. The good news is that the two best summer routines in town are still free, and the dinner options at the end of them are quietly multiplying.
Here's what a Pace summer actually looks like this year, once you strip out the beach-day advice that gets recycled every June.
The Two Free Anchors Of A Pace Summer
Everything else builds around these two.
The splash pad at Benny Russell Park is the load-bearing wall of a Pace summer with young kids. The park sits on