We had a fabulous week in St.Petersburg, Florida. The weather was incredible - temps 75min - 90max degrees F with clear blue skies. This photo is on the Pier at Ft. DeSoto with the mouth of Tampa Bay in the background. The Skyway Bridge is in the background. This is as big as the gateway and allows the water traffic to enter Tampa Bay, a large port. We drove over the Skyway another day and visited the city of Sarasoto.
Below is St.Pete Beach and a couple of snappy looking tourists.
Ahhh......a hard day at the beach.
There was much seafood to be had. Above was
A Bucket of Seafood from Crabby Bill's which we enjoyed after we shared a dozen oysters on the shell. The bucket had Alaskan king crab, shrimp, mussels and clams. This was a great birthday celebration!
Here is the water-side view of the condo - the pool is between the water and the units - to the right where the white umbrella is. The water temperature in the pool was 31 degrees C. all day! It was wonderful - like bath water. The sea water was calm and we were taken out on this boat with a couple from the units we met by the pool. A retired USAF Colonel and his wife. This view is us berthing into the slip after our boat ride. We enjoyed a libation by the pool each afternoon for Happy Hour.
We visited The Pier at St. Petersburg - a long fishing and boat pier with restaurants and shops. The pier is surrounded on 3 sides by Tampa Bay, which is an enormous body of water.
We ate well all week! Here we are enjoying another seafood meal of Lobster, crab and shrimp. We also had Grouper - a local delicacy of white, sweet fish andTalapia - an Atlantic fish
We had a fabulous week in St.Petersburg, Florida. The weather was incredible - temps 75min - 90max degrees F with clear blue skies. This photo is on the Pier at Ft. DeSoto with the mouth of Tampa Bay in the background. The Skyway Bridge is in the background. This is as big as the gateway and allows the water traffic to enter Tampa Bay, a large port. We drove over the Skyway another day and visited the city of Sarasoto.
Ahhh......a hard day at the beach.
There was much seafood to be had. Above was A Bucket of Seafood from Crabby Bill's which we enjoyed after we shared a dozen oysters on the shell. The bucket had Alaskan king crab, shrimp, mussels and clams. This was a great birthday celebration!
We visited The Pier at St. Petersburg - a long fishing and boat pier with restaurants and shops. The pier is surrounded on 3 sides by Tampa Bay, which is an enormous body of water.
Granny helped joel with his car on Saturday - he was taking Granny for a test run when Todd called him on his cell phone to tell him they had forgotten to tighten the wheel nuts!!!
Granny and Pa visit Eli at school where he shows them a computer program he is working on. He drives the bus around the screen to pick up all the students and drop them off at school.
Eli took us on a tour of the school - which is the daily home of about 2,500 teenagers ages 14-17. He can navigate his way around and stops at all the security stations, nurse's office and main office and the mail room to give a high five to whoever is manning at the moment. One of his jobs is to deliver messages (accompanied by an aide) to these various offices.
Eli's class mates visit with Granny and Pa at Lawrence Central High School - Life Skills Room.
We had an afternoon on Lake Kesslerwood East. These are my friends Paul and Kathy Anderson (where I stayed after my knee surgery). They live on an 80 acre lake which is peaceful and a lovely place to entertain. Kathy took a basket of snack items and drinks: Joel drove the boat and swam.
A new flag to fly while the Queen (and Prince) are in residence. Joel the Flag Yeoman is assisting.
Welcome to The USA, Indianapolis and Draycott Drive Granny and Pa! We have been excitedly preparing for your arrival.
