We came up here from Sarasota on a beautiful 80 degree day. Almost every day for the past 3 weeks in Sarasota has been a beautiful warm, sunny day. This is a great time of year to be here. We were joined by out friends, the Bill & Jane Stone. This is their boat "Loose Stones" behind us after a bridge opening on the way here. They'll be making the gulf crossing with us too, as our boats can both cruise at 16 knots. We have shuffled each other's cars so we both have cars here at Clearwater Beach. Tomorrow, we'll preposition cars to Carrabelle so we'll have them in the Panhandle.
More dolphin pictures! This guy always jumped and turned over so he splashed upside down. He stayed with us for quite a while.
We took the ICW waterway instead of the open gulf and it always has beautiful homes and interesting views.
At some places the barrier island separating the ICW and the gulf gets very narrow, so there's just one road and you can see across to the gulf from the ICW.
I was watching the fishing boats come in at our docks today and it's interesting to see the big pelicans watch the fish cleaning stations, hoping somebody will feed them.
Sometimes they get really pushy! The guy cleaning fish told people not to try to touch it because they'll bite. They don't feed the pelicans even though they beg, probably because it'll attract more and make them more aggressive. The big brown pelicans are beautiful fliers, frequently sailing on still wings about 3 inches above the water, riding the "ground effect" to spot fish near the surface.
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