Tarpon Springs, FL to Gulfport, FL

Date             December 11, 2011
Day              166

Departure     Landings At Tarpon Springs, Tarpon Springs FL 9:30 am                              

Arrival          Gulfport Municipal Marina, Gulfport, FL 3:55 pm
Miles                43.6  
Cumulative   3880.1

Finally the weather is co-operating and we are underway!  Good-bye Tarpon Springs, we enjoyed the visit.

Going from Tarpon Springs to Gulfport, Florida, we traveled on the Intercoastal Waterway (we did not have to go back into the Gulf!).  The scenery and homes along the waterway are beautiful, the only drawback is that there are many no wake zones and we must travel at a reduced speed.  This caused the trip to take longer than we thought, but again, the scenery was worth it!

A home along the intercoastal

An Osprey perched atop one of the channel markers.

More homes along the waterway

We had hoped to go to St. Petersburg today, however at the reduced speeds, and the shorter daylight hours, we decided to stop in Gulfport, Florida as it was already almost 4 in the afternoon.

Gulfport Municpal Marina

The staff at this marina was helpful and the birdlife was abundant!  Birds were everywhere; on  the water, on the docks and on the boats!

I count no less than 10 birds on this boat!

This pelican was very bold, he came right up to our swim platform looking for a free handout

Well, forget the birds, the sunset was terrific!