St. Petersburg to Sarasota, FL

Date             December 13, 2011
Day              168

Departure      St. Petersburg Municipal Marina, St. Petersburg, FL 9:00 am                              

Arrival           Marina Jack's, Sarasota, FL  1:50 pm
Miles                38.6  
Cumulative   3933.0

Today's travel took us into Tampa Bay and through the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.  The winds were blowing from the northeast at 10 - 15 mph.  The ride was a little rolly; Bob said it reminded him of Lake Michigan!

Approaching the Sunshine Skyway Bridge (notice the rolling waves)

The bridge in the sun

 

We saw alot of these signs, but we haven't seen any manatees as yet

Once we arrived at the marina and washed the salt off the boat, we took a walk.  There are egrets and herons everywhere you look! 

This guy was about to jump on the line that was tied to the dock

This one was practicing his tightrope walk - steady now!

And this one was a pro-he walked back and forth with no effort at all!

We continued walking to see this beautiful fountain

and get a shot of our boat at the dock (we are the one of the far left, with the blue bottom)

On our port side is Salt N Sand, another Looper.  We last saw Rich and Carol in October, at the AGLCA Rendezvous

Another shot of the Erika Lin (between the trees)

I thought this was an interesting tree

This dolphin was swimming in some of the open slips in the marina.  I noticed he had a damaged fin, which is probably why he was swimming in with the boats.

And of course, the day wouldn't be complete without another beautiful sunset!  This was taken from the bow of our boat (see the dolphin fountain on the left?).