We arrived at our condo at Belleair Beach, which is the Clearwater area, near St Petersberg and Tampa. This is the most beautiful part of Florida I have seen. Seriously, the beach is fantastic and goes on and on forever. It is un-crowded and the vegetation is very much like Hawaii, only, the beaches here are prettier and bigger. I was never very interested in Florida, but, wow! I get it now. We would  have loved to have stayed here another week, however, our condo was booked for tonight. Rick met the owner of our condo, who gave us his card so we could call him directly if we want to come back after we go to the Keys….really considering it.

We went to our second Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives place here called Keegan’s Seafood Grille. And, oh my gosh, it was incredible! We started off with baked octopus with feta and then each of us had a fish entrée.

We decided to head to Naples, which will put us in striking distance of the Everglades and Miami. Breaking our 2 night minimum rule, we booked just one night at the Inn on Pelican Bay (note to self-got it on Hotels Tonight). After hearing so much about the Naples area, I was frankly underwhelmed. It is pretty enough, but also crowded and not nearly as nice as where we just left.

Ps-I totally blew the caption under one of the sunset pictures, but being old and all, I have no idea how to fix it, I promise I will do a better job editing before I hit Publish next time….and the last photo is of the baked octopus dish I mentioned above.