Weekend in St. Pete



Barbara and I spent a weekend at her mothers in St. Pete.  It was a great weekend.  It threaten rain several times, but only came once very briefly.  Typical for Florida.

 

BJ took us out on his boat.  We cruised around Tampa Bay, around Egmont Key and a little bit into the Gulf.  BJ needed a  guide so I thought I would help him out.

 

The Skyway bridge in the background collapsed several years ago when a ship hit it and several people lost their lives when their cars, trucks and buses went into the bay.  A tragic event.   Now they have some barriers for a wayward ship to hit before it would get to the bridge. We boated past a cruise ship on the way back.  We looked very small next the cruise ship

 

Barbara's mother has three kayaks, so one morning we took a trip around her island in the inter coastal waterway.  It was nice and peaceful around 9am.  We stopped at a small island and Barbara fished a little.  She didn't catch anything until we returned and cast her line off her mother's dock.