We are now enjoying the Florida sunshine and warmth -- finally! We trailered to Fort DeSoto Park, which was recommended to us by Roger (flrockytop). Here is a lonk to a satellite view of the park. It is the finest launch facility I have ever seen in Florida, and in some ways is better than the new Everett facility, which is pretty darn good.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=27.645661,-82.716349&spn=0.002438,0.003433&t=h&z=18
From there we drove, following the well-marked channels, to theTierra Verde Resort Marina, which you can see in this satellite view:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=27.6889,-82.7229&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1
This marina was purchased by a group of investors who bought out all the leaseholders with the intent of tearing it down and rebuilding -- but then the economy tanked. So the facility has old wood docks, two vacant, condemned condo/motel buildings and a dry storage. I hope the investors can hang on until the economy improves -- it must be extremely expensive to carry all this nonproductive waterfront real estate.
That aside, we love St. Petersburg, particularly some of the older areas like Pass-a-Grille. We both have been dealing with feeling a bit under the weather but hopefully soon we will get out and do some exploring. Currently the weather has been slightly cloudy and a bit breezy, with temperatures of 74/60.
We're staying here until Monday when we head north to Apalachicola and Pensacola again.
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