View off "Noah Genda"
View off "Noah Genda" St Pete Skyine
Diann, Shopping Downtown St Pete
Tom, Tampa Bay in background/horizon
Socked in this morning with dense fog, but it didn’t matter since we weren’t moving on. Coffee on board and Sunday morning news on TV. While waiting for laundry to finish we had breakfast at the local marina dockside deli/café, sat outdoors, a very nice morning. We did a little exterior salt spray removal from the boat; I scrubbed the deck with the new “Shurehold” stiff brush Tom bought us. It works great; much better than my hand brush. We unloaded bicycles off the boat and headed out around noon for a fun day exploring downtown St Petersburg on two wheels. We have certainly used our bicycles a lot more than we anticipated. Things are never close enough to a marina to walk comfortably, let alone carry things back to the boat.
Wouldn’t you know, Tom spotted a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream store, and we indulged. Life is good. I have been trying to find some Christmas decorations for the boat and we searched a CVS, a Walgreens and a Publix. We decided on one at the CVS and went back to purchase it, but the one small table tree I wanted was gone. In the meantime I put up some lights around the window and that makes it seem more like the holidays. We went to the pool for an hour after we got back but it was kind of hot!
After dark we rode bicycles to Fresco’s waterfront dining next door to St Pete Municipal Marina. Open air dining overlooking the marina, it just doesn’t get any better. The food was superb.
We rode back through downtown to get back to our marina. St Petersburg is experiencing a serious homeless population in the downtown area. Certainly is sad to see the devastation of the human mind. What is it that city management should do? I certainly don’t have the answer, but it is not good for any given city.
Tomorrow, after the fog lifts we are off to Bradenton, FL to Twin Dolphins Marina.
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