Christmas afternoon, after eating and napping, Brett and I headed down to Fort Desoto Park for a walk on the beach.
We stayed for the sunset along with the crowds of people there. It was a perfect ending to Christmas.
A beautiful sunset
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Pretty on Sarasota bay.
The Selby Gardens in Sarasota sits right on the bay. It was a warm beautiful morning in late November when I was there for the first time with my sister.
It’s a small botanical gardens and a bit far from my home in Tampa. Not sure if I will get down here again soon. My favorite part was the conservatory that had a lot of orchids. We happened to be there during an orchid exhibit which was pretty cool.
Storm moving in on Tampa Bay
These were all taken with my phone on my walk across the pedestrian bridge across north Tampa Bay. It was late afternoon on a Sunday. I was lucky the storm didn’t really move directly towards the bridge and I got a long walk in. The sun was out on the other side of the bridge. Little disappointed there was no rainbow.
Over the river and through the woods….
to Daytona Beach we go. On the east coast of Florida. This was our first trip and we were staying over for one night to visit friends who were visiting for the week from Georgia.
The view from our room on the 14th floor. I zoomed in with my phone on the last one. Our hotel was next door to a small amusement park.
We met up with our friends who were staying near the Ponce Inlet and spent some time walking around the lighthouse before heading to dinner.
We had dinner at a fun little restaurant next to the lighthouse that was right on the water.
View from our table.
It was a quick short trip to have dinner with our friends. I was traveling light so all of the above were taken with my phone.
Being a tourist on the beach
Clearwater Beach sure has changed since we moved down to the area almost 15 years ago. The beach was still mostly Mom & Pop motels and now it’s all high-rise hotels and condos. Traffic and parking are insane so we rarely go over there. On Christmas afternoon we wanted to get out for a walk so we went to Sand Key beach which is just across the bridge from Clearwater beach. It was such a beautiful day that all of the beaches were crowded. All of the above were taken from Sand Key Park looking across at Clearwater beach and downtown Clearwater.
A few of the fun finds at the beach.