Saturday I went to a beach at Treasure Island, which is a little beach community with stores, restuarants, hotels, etc. It was pretty crowded and it took a little while to find somewhere to park, but I pretty much expected that. But it was of course nice and relaxing just sitting and walking on the beach. After that I went to The Pier which is downtown St. Petersburg, and I watched the sun set over the city.
Yesterday I went to another beach at Fort DeSoto park. It was crowded there too, but I found a spot with the softest sand I may have ever felt. It was a little late in the day when I went to the Treasure Island beach so I didn't get any sun, but I did at this beach. Then I stopped at the historic fort, came back to the hotel for a bit, then went to find somewhere to watch the sunset. I entered St. Pete beach into the GPS navigator, and it took me to another little beach community area where I happened to find a place called Sunset Park. I didn't quite get the view I wanted because there was a little peninsula right in front of the view of the horizon, but it was still pretty nice. Today I think I found a good place to go.
I noticed a restaurant with live music by where I parked, so after the sun went down I walked in that direction to check it out. Going to a restaurant by myself isn't something I've had the guts to do yet, so I just walked around it and headed back to my car. As I was walking I noticed something in the sky...
I figured it had to be some kind of space launch, but didn't know what. This morning I heard a DJ mention it, and I looked it up. It was the Discovery carrying a crew of 7 with the final piece of a solar power generator for the International Space Station. I can't believe I got to see that! Especially not knowing anything about it! I was just walking down the street and I just happened to be at the right place at the right time! That was about as long as the smoke trail got, and after that it was just a tiny white light in the sky.
I've got a lot of other really cool pictures I'll share soon. I just wanted to post this one because it's so amazing.
Today I went to the Sunshine Skyway bridge, and also found a little park on the way. One of the coolest things about going across the bridge was driving right along side the birds as they were flying. Then I went downtown again to the Baywalk shopping area, walked around and saw a movie. I've also been enjoying just driving around. There are still a couple more things I want to do in these last couple of days, but so far I've really enjoyed myself :D
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