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BEACHES - GULF

Caladesi Island Takes You Back in Time

February 9, 2010

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
The journey to Caladesi Island begins from Honeymoon Island. The shallow-draft pontoon boat transports passengers from the dock in Honeymoon Island State Park through the calm backwaters to the bay side of Caladesi, thick with mangroves, mullet, diving pelicans and graceful long-necked wading birds. The jovial bantering of the captain [...]

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Visiting Anna Maria Island? Don’t Miss These Restaurants

February 5, 2010

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
If you are visiting Anna Maria Island, don’t miss these restaurants:
The Sun House Restaurant

The Sun House Restaurant is in Bradenton Beach on Historic Bridge Street at the roundabout, right across the street from the Gulf of Mexico. I enjoyed eating dinner here one evening and was completely taken by surprise [...]

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Here are a Few More Florida Summer Beach Memories.

January 3, 2010

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
If you are on vacation at the beach in Florida this first week in January 2010, my apologies to you for the weather. High temperatures in much of the state will remain in the 50’s Fahrenheit. That doesn’t happen very often.
If you aren’t on vacation here this week, be glad [...]

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Cayo Costa Photo Memories

December 28, 2009

Here are a couple of photos from my last trip to Cayo Costa State Park.

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Say Good-bye to Manatee County Public Beach Pier

December 2, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
Lifeguard Curtis Mcfee sent me this cell phone photo today of the pier at Manatee County Public Beach being torn down. I don’t remember when this pier was originally built, but it must have been before 1960, the year I was born, because I can never remember a time when [...]

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An Evening on Sunset Beach

November 17, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
Treasure Island and Sunset Beach are not known for their preservation of nature, but here’s a hopeful sign: freshly planted sea oats with protective signage. Young sea oats are easily trampled by beach crowds, so let’s hope these thrive.
I went for a bike ride on Treasure Island beach around sunset [...]

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Honeymoon Island and the Pinellas Trail

November 17, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
Saturday we took a bike ride on the Pinellas Trail. We parked the car on the Dunedin Causeway just outside of Honeymoon Island State Park, then rode our bikes east along the causeway to its intersection with the Pinellas Trail, which is a 30 mile-long scenic bike / pedestrian trail [...]

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Fort Myers Beach Photos Revisited

October 26, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com.
Last year I spent the day in Fort Myers Beach to gather material and photos for an article. I thought I’d post a few of the beach photos:
Kava Kava

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Cruise to Cabbage Key on Captiva Cruises

October 8, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
Sue had never been to Cabbage Key, so I thought it would be fun to take her. Usually I take the Tropic Star out of Pine Island, but this time we took The Lady Chadwick out of Captiva Island’s McCarthy’s Marina (Captiva Cruises), since we’ve been staying on Sanibel all [...]

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Morning Bike Ride on Sanibel

October 6, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com.
We had a good rain late last night, so this morning brought very high humidity and August-like heat. At 9 a.m. we saddled up the bikes and headed out for breakfast at the Lighthouse Cafe. Before we traveled a block I spotted a Pileated woodpecker in an Australian pine and [...]

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