The
morning started again with our usual walk on the beach, going south again this
time from pier to pier.
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| Unidentified sea creature remains |
We saw a couple of washed up sea animals on the beach,
a sponge and something unidentified.
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| Sponge on beach |
When
we arrived back at the beach in front of our hotel, Dick took a little dip in
the water. For an Oregonian it was pretty warm. And I only got in up to my
waist.
After
our light breakfast, we headed back up to Clearwater Beach for a little more
shopping and lunch. We ate at a hotel café with great views of the beach. And
lunch was very good.
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| Karen at lunch |
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| The view from our table |
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| Dick's shrimp skewer |
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| Karen's salad |
After lunch we walked out on
the beach for a bit. We found the street that was probably the way Karen’s mom
took her to the beach that first year.
Then it was off to do a
little more shopping for a Clearwater Beach memento. That accomplished, we
headed back to the hotel. We needed to take advantage of the warm weather one
more afternoon.
On the beach by the hotel, we
sat in the sun or shade and did some reading. We had beach chairs someone had
given us that morning since they couldn’t take them on the plane. After a
while, Dick headed into the surf for a bit of body surfing. OK, not much surf,
but still pretty good. Karen also took a dip a little later. When we decided it
was time to go in and go to dinner, we found someone who could use the beach
chairs, since they were going to be there for a week.
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| Karen testing the surf |
After getting cleaned up from
our dip, we went back out to the beach to watch our last Florida sunset. It was
a good one, even with a heron wandering on the beach. Of course, lots of
pictures! Here are three views.
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| Heron on beach |
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| Heron at sunset |
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| Heron in surf |
For dinner we headed a bit south to Conch Grille, an apparent transplant from Key West and the “Conch Republic.” For its namesake, we started with an appetizer of conch fritters. It was just like we had had several years ago in Key West. The whole dinner was good.
It was then time to head back
to the hotel to pack for the trip home.
The next morning we took one
last walk on the beach before breakfast. It was a bit windy and cooler, indicating
time to head home. The drive to the airport and the flight home were good and
uneventful.
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