Tarpon Springs!

Another beautiful and interesting city!  We went exploring this morning before leaving Tarpon Springs.  We walked over to Spring Bayou, shown above to watch the manatees!  They are as hard to photograph as dolphins but here is a butt and a fluke!  What a beautiful area with gorgeous homes and a wonderful walking path.

We bid good-bye to another beautiful city and headed for Clearwater.  We cruised very slow today and only 20 miles.  What an enjoyable ride compared to our two days of over 230 miles on the BIG water!  We are at Clearwater Harbor Marina and will be here for at least a week.  Ken is down to only one pair of underwear left so it must be time to do laundry.  It has been a very busy last week and laundry was not high on the list! 

Remember those dang crab pots!  Well I was in no frame of mind while doing the crossing to take a picture of one but here it is!  Add to this 3 - 4 foot waves that hide the buggers, running at 25 mph and a multitude of colors - black, red, yellow, green or brown.  You never knew what to watch for! 

 Here is my little friend sitting just off the bow on the pelican pole bidding us good-bye as we prepared to leave Tarpon.  Love these guys!

The pictures below will be our view for the next week.  It is 81 today!  Now this is what I expected FL weather to be!   Hear MN had snow.  So far I am not missing the white stuff! 

Ken has an acquaintance whose boat is next to us here and my good friends Wanda and Ted are staying here for the winter with Ted’s 96 year old mother.  We are hoping to be able to spend time with both while we are here.

We are so lucky!  Pat