Cruisin down GIWW
Diann at Red Mesa Restaurant
St Pete Muni Pier
Tom, Found vintage auto, go figure.
After a nice dinner and watching TV we woke up to high wind and felt things were not just quite right. They weren’t. We had drug our anchor about a ½ mile into a bay and ended up against some private pilings/docks. No harm done, started engines and worked our way back in the dark with the aid of chart plotter and depth finder to our original point of anchorage where we re-hooked. We thought the boat anchored near us had left but actually we were the one who had left! When we lifted the anchor in the daylight we discovered we were in a mud-flat and the anchor and chain were a mess. The Waterway Guide reflected that this was a good protected anchorage. Not in our opinion, we were exposed to easterly winds and they were strong last night.
Pulled anchor, headed south to St Petersburg Harborage Marina arriving about 1:00 PM. Our good friends Nancy and Ross Hiner were here at this marina packing up for an air-trip back home Sunday morning. We had the pleasure of a short visit before their departure. We hope to connect with them again in Marathon, FL Jan/Feb.
Our cruise across Tampa Bay was a pretty sloppy ride with a chop of 2-3 feet on our starboard beam and then a trailing sea after the turn. After visiting with Nancy and Ross we rode our bicycles to downtown St Pete, past the Publix and several restaurants and finding a wonderful place called Red Mesa Cantina. We sat in the outdoor courtyard complete with waterfall. Food & weather were superb. Continued our bike ride into town and headed toward the Municipal Pier and marina. St Pete has a nice downtown area with lots of amenities, parks, bicycle paths and waterfront activity. There was a live concert in the park. Passed by this vintage vehicle that Tom could not resist a photo opp. We stayed aboard tonight and will continue our St Pete exploring tomorrow before leaving Monday for Bradenton. There is a City trolley available with a pick-up right in front of the marina office for 25 cents to tour the entire downtown business district. Sounds like a plan for tomorrow.
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