Tarpon Springs to St. Petersburg

This is the first time we've had reliable internet service in awhile so I'm updating the blog before it goes away. Sunny Florida hasn't lived up to its' name lately. We had rain in Tarpon Springs, rain and fog in Clearwater and rain in Gulfport. Today we're in St. Petersburg and the sun is shining - yay!




Heading from Tarpon Springs toward Clearwater we stayed on the ICW. One of the bridges we encountered was the Dunedin-Honeymoon Island Bridge.






As we neared Clearwater, we saw pirates! This is "Pirates Ransom" out of Clearwater.


The fog erased some of the Clearwater Memorial Causeway Bridge and made this high rise building float in the clouds! Paul's brother Jim got a rental car in Clearwater and drove back down to Bonita Springs. Thanks again Jim! We were at the Municipal Marina in Clearwater for two nights at $2/ft. Then we got a tip from a local boater and stayed for two nights at a public dock behind a restaurant. He said most people think it belongs to the restaurant but it doesn't. We need to find more of those!

We anchored the next night near Madeira Beach. On Saturday, we continued on the ICW into Boca Ciega Bay. We got a slip at Gulfport Marina for one night since the weather got nasty, then anchored just off Gulfport the next night. We only had a 3-hour trip from there to St. Petersburg.

This is "The Pier" on the waterfront in St. Petersburg. We need to dinghy over there and check it out. Evidently there's an aquarium, gift shops, galleries and several restaurants.

This is a crab fisherman hauling up one of his traps (or pots). Below is the minefield of crab pots we encountered coming into St. Petersburg.