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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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Summer is Over, but it Lives on My Hard Drive

December 23, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
Nothing says “summer” to me like a towering thunderstorm spreading itself slowly over the barrier islands on a hot afternoon. This photo was taken a few blocks south of Magnolia Avenue, looking south toward Holmes Beach.

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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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Fall Sunset on Anna Maria

October 23, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
Thursday evening I drove out to Coquina Beach with my parents and my brother Joel, who is visiting from Tennessee. None of them had been to the beach in perhaps decades. It was a beautiful sunset and a very relaxing evening.
It was Mom and Dad, of course, who introduced me [...]

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Kayaking Anna Maria with Native Rentals

September 20, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com.
In early August I spent a couple of days down on Anna Maria Island meeting some new people, thanks to the Bradenton Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. They heard I love kayaking and eco-tours, so they sent me over to Native Rentals to meet owner Shawn Duytschaver.  We chatted about [...]

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West Coast Surf Shop Supports the Surfing Way of Life on Anna Maria Island

August 19, 2009

Copyright (c) 2009  David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com.
Anyone who lives and surfs on Anna Maria Island knows who Jim Brady is. Owner of the West Coast Surf Shop, he and his family are heavily involved in the surfing scene on the island.  I remember the surf shop far back into my childhood when it was located [...]

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Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch Volunteers in Action

August 6, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
I recently spent some time on Holmes Beach, near 30th Avenue, with Suzi Fox and several dedicated Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch volunteers. The evening’s mission was to examine several turtle nests that had recently hatched to determine how successful the hatch was. This particular nest was originally deemed to [...]

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A Postcard Perfect Afternoon on Anna Maria Island

August 4, 2009
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Black Skimmers Love Anna Maria Island

July 14, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
The black skimmer (Rhynchops niger) is a strange and beautiful bird present year-round on Florida beaches. It has a unique method of catching fish–it flies along parallel to the shore with its lower bill skimming the thin film of water (called the “swash”) left by the surging waves. When it [...]

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