Steve playing with my phone at night!

Middle of the night last night the seas calmed down and the ride was smoother. The clouds are still hanging around but the seas are calm and pretty. In the middle of the high waves i looked over to my starboard side and saw a huge round pale yellow looking circle in the waves about 2-3 feet across, did not know what it was until it raised its big old head! It was a huge sea turtle!! I was so excited. 🙂 It was a nice ride into the bay at Clearwater Florida. I will add several pictures on here of our trip into Clearwater. WOW the bay was full of boats of all kinds! Tour boats that look like sharks, calypso themed 3 tier boats, sailboats, fishing boats, yachts, just all kinds of water vehicles. Sailboats were anchored out close to the shore and they rode their dinghy’s into shore. You can anchor out like that if you are registered and insured. We chose the marina for electricity, water, cable, internet, showers and a short walk to food and the beach! We have decided to stay here for about 30 days, we are close to Allegiant airport. The thumb in the picture ts my trademark 🙂 These are all pictures from the gulf to Clearwater. We stopped at the Beach Marina everyone here is very nice, we met a couple from TN who had also come down the Tom Bigbee. Sharon and Micheal. We have nice showers with poor lighting by a bayside bar. It has a key only entry but i think some people think its a bathroom and knock on the door when your in shower. I just yell out, ” be out in an hour” hehehe. Close to all kinds of activities and access to trolly travel. Loving it here and cant wait to hopefully get my son here after Christmas!  Everyone have a wonderful day.

CAPTAINS LOG: Found out secondary pass was just recently dredged. Beautiful weather and nice marina with easy access.