Florida 2020

Mom and I flew to Florida for ten days of fun in the sun in Tampa and Ft. Lauderdale in February 2020. Little did we know that Covid was circling everywhere, but luckily we were oblivious and enjoyed the beach as well as visiting Mom’s delightful cousin Barb.

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Back to the beach!

Back to the beach!

Wed. afternoon, Feb. 19th, we made it to the beach a half-hour earlier than the day before, at about ten til five. More time to relax/walk on the beach before the sun set. more ibis. Ibis plus a gull! Today I brought a big ziploc bag for picking up shells, plus...

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Downtown St. Petersburg

Downtown St. Petersburg

Wednesday, Feb. 19th - The morning started out with another good run. i didn't take as many photos, except i took a bunch of these birds when i first set out. Jim said they're Ibis. Just hanging out in somebody's yard. meanwhile, back at home - our outside cat, Lovey,...

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Pass-A-Grille Beach!

Pass-A-Grille Beach!

I wanted to see the sun set over an actual beach so we chose the Pass-A-Grille Beach as our final destination on Tues. Feb. 18th. I'd read that it was uncrowded, very important to me, and i also found a site which listed good parking places; my goal was 8th Avenue,...

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feb. 18th, 2020, more florida sunshine

feb. 18th, 2020, more florida sunshine

I'm sitting here in my jammies on wednesday march 11th, down with yet another cold. jeesh, that's two of them this winter, unless i had one even earlier and forgot about it. plus there's the coronavirus, just declared a world-wide pandemic...so it's time to try to...

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a scenic run on our second day in florida…

a scenic run on our second day in florida…

instead of culling and deleting and not posting all the photos from our trip to Florida, here's a bunch from my second run, on Tuesday Feb.18th, 2020. Because i'd run (slowly jogged) down such a main thoroughfare on monday, i decided there had to be a better route. i...

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wrapping up day one in florida

wrapping up day one in florida

I feel like we left the beach area in Gulfport after lunching and having an afternoon cocktail, but not sure what we did. we came back to the beach to see the sunset. Here's the famous Don Cesar Hotel in the distance, over on St. Petersburg Beach. we had to look over...

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the first part of our first full day in florida…

the first part of our first full day in florida…

...and it was a very full day, indeed. i've broken it up into two parts so you won't be burdened with trying to read/watch all of it at once. the day started out with a pretty good run. because i'd gotten to sleep pretty late the night before i didn't start my jog...

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sunny florida!

sunny florida!

Finally i have time to sit down and post a few of the photos from our trip to sunny florida. Mom and i flew on southwest out of st. louis on sunday feb. 16th and it was a good flight, not like when we flew to NYC in december and had to hang around in the airport for...

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One last ocean sunset

One last ocean sunset

A lovely day. A grand time was had by all. we are being evicted from our Airbnb tomorrow morning at ten which is much too early. But I’ve managed to stuff most of my stuff into my giant suitcase and tomorrow mom and I will hopefully have a relaxing day before our...

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