Meeting Carnival Cruise Line in Tampa Bay.
Holly & Gloria
Gloria & Diann at Cafe
Tom, Gloria, Holly at thier beautiful Florida home
The dense fog rolled in early A.M. and did not lift until 11:00 A.M. Starting this late in the day makes for a short day of daylight opportunity. Our destination today was Bradenton FL at Twin Dolphins Marina. Our good friend Gloria Hollingsworth and her husband Holly live in Bradenton and were gracious enough to spend the afternoon/evening with us sharing their beautiful home. They drove us over to the Gulf Beach area to dine at the Gulf Drive Café, excellent open air waterfront dining. We had an absolutely wonderful time as well as good food. Gloria and Diann had an opportunity to catch up and have lots of laughs over past experiences. Thank you Holly & Gloria.
Pretty uneventful afternoon cruising down Tampa Bay and under the Sunshine Skyway Bridge that crosses Tamp Bay. We met a Carnival Cruise Line vessel right under the bridge. Pretty massive. The bay was like a sheet of glass and there were several center counsel boats fishing the Bay.
Bradenton marina is beautiful and very accommodating, with lots of amenities. While backing into the slip the staff asked where in the world is Hampton, IL. They reflected that there is a boat here in the marina from Bettendorf Iowa. We ask who the owners were. They couldn’t remember so Tom went over to find out. The boat belongs to George Spore. Tom & George had a nice afternoon conversation at pool side. Small boating community, small mid-west.
This stretch of Florida is so fascinating and the towns of interest are so close together we are struggling making distance in order to reach Ft Myers in the next few days. Oh well.
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