June 11th – Clearwater Beach and a couple others.
In the morning and afternoon, we lounged on Clearwater Beach and swam in the Gulf. We spent a good portion of our day here again. The waters were about 86 degrees and calm. It is also stingray season so you have to shuffle your feet while you walk in the water. If you were to step on one, they would sting you. I finally got my encounter with the marine life. A manatee swam pass us. It was huge. I tried to get a picture of him, but it come out very well. It's the dark mass in the photographs.
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| My Ring - Not a bad picture for a phone! |
In the evening we drove to Sand Key Beach to check it out. The sand here is much coarser than that at Clearwater. This is where a lot of weddings are held. There were 2 going on while we were there. We then drove down Gulf Boulevard and watched the sunset at Indian Rock Beach. This is a beautiful beach, which was less populated. Maybe it was the sound of the ocean, the time of day and the gorgeous surroundings either way, this was my favorite sunset so far.
June 12th – Clearwater Marine Aquarium
We drove to Westfield Mall and on the way back we stopped by the home of Winter, Clearwater Marine Aquarium. Winter is a rescued dolphin that has inspired many. She was found tangled in crab nets and as a result, her tail has been amputated. The aquarium is a place where rescued marine life are brought to recover and released back into the wild if the circumstances allow them to be.
We had dinner at Frenchy’s on the Beach which was just down from our motel and then drove around the Clearwater area. Not a very eventful day but it was so relaxing and that is what counts most.
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