On a side trip for the beach vacation I have not yet scheduled for myself, Becca and I went down to Clearwater to visit one of her friends, Kai. Becca and Kai were in middle School together until she moved.
Lots of beach time. I love the warmer water. Even though I can only take the beach for so long, I enjoyed going for a few days.
I forget how being in the sun and swimming tires you out. I napped the rest of the day.
Plus the big lunch at Frenchy’s made me tired as well. I had never had a grouper Reuben. Yummy.
This little guy begged for food.
I ran a 7.25 mile run the next morning towards the Gulf. Of course I took off my shoes to run barefoot and dip my toes in the water.
Finally I had a chance to go paddle boarding that next morning. It has been a year and my skills in choppy water was rusty. But I went across the bay to a little island where the water was calmer to stand up. I also explored a portion of the island to get photos of birds and swam for a bit before heading back.
Yellow crowned night herons.
A pelican as I was paddling.
After a quick lunch we went to an escape room. It is pretty much the breakout boxes I do in school but the last code opens up the door so you can get out. Pretty fun. We finished in 39 minutes. it
Clearwater is beautiful with many places to easily walk. At sunset the view over the harbor is beautiful.
Ibis
More Ibis.
Last beach day, we went to St. Pete Beach. I was there last year for my IB training. I took a short run on the beach and snapped a few pics of birds. Becca and Kai went to a local boxing gym to check it out.
These are called Black Seekers.
The bird in the front is called a Sandwich Tern.
This is a little chick of the Black Seekers. The adults were not happy I stopped in front of this little guy to get his picture. I was given plenty of warnings with lots of noise and fly by.
The girls picked me up with lunch and we went to a local park to eat. Nice day. On the way back to the car we walked across a red ant nest. Those bites hurt. Good thing they were easy to knock off my sandals.
