Sharp's Travels

Oh my, today is Friday the 13th! Only good things happen for us today.

We decided to make that trip to the beach that we have been talking about all winter. About 10am we headed for Tarpon Springs. It is only about 40 miles from here. We made our way to Fred Howard Park. They have a beautiful beach on an island that juts right out into the Gulf of Mexico. We walked all around the island in the edge of the water. Some areas were warmer than others and some had nice sandy bottoms while some were covered with tiny shells all crushed up that made it hard walking. There was a nice breeze. A perfect day for the beach.

Around noon we went to the docks in Tarpon Springs. We found a nice little Greek restaurant for lunch. Our food was good and when we finished we headed for the Spongeorama Cruise lines for a boat ride out into the gulf. We saw a few bull nose dolphins jump up out of the water in front of and along beside of our boat. We were told we would see sting rays and big turtles but didn’t see any of them. It was a nice ride but we were a bit disappointed that dolphins were all we saw.

They harvest a lot of natural sponges in the Gulf of Mexico and most of the shops carried a big variety of them. We watched a movie on how they harvest them and get them ready for sale.

We checked out a number of shops and stopped for an ice cream cone before heading for home.

Back in Zephyrhills we stopped at Bealls so Gay could buy some dress shorts and arrived back at our 5th wheel at 7pm.

We are both to tired to walk so I am sure it will be an early night for us.

Check out the pictures we took. Click on photos and them click on Tarpon Springs.