If you’re planning a day trip to the beach from Orlando or anywhere in central Florida, Pass-A-Grille Beach (St Pete Beach) is an excellent choice. It’s within a two hour drive of Orlando.
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Tropical Storm Isaac Brings Surf to Florida’s Gulf Coast
I drove out to Pass-a-Grille Beach this morning to check the surf before the winds turned to the south and messed things up. Pass-a-Grille wasn’t the best place to go because most of the south swell was blocked by the sandbars in the pass. Still, there was a little wave by the jetty and quite […]
Calm Returns to Pass-A-Grille: Beautiful 4th of July Week
What a beautiful 4th of July week we had here along the Florida west coast! I feel bad for anyone who cancelled their Florida Gulf coast beach vacation because of fears that tropical storm Debby ruined the beaches. I suspect that all the sensationalized negative press created a lot of unnecessary cancellations. Saturday, 7/7/12, we […]
Beach Erosion from Tropical Storm Debby: Pinellas County
After all the reports of “catastrophic” beach erosion in the media, I rushed out to have a look at the beaches for myself after the storm tides subsided. Here are some photos of several popular Tampa Bay area beaches: The first is Treasure Island Beach near 103rd Ave, just south of the Bilmar. Still plenty […]
Citizen Journalist Videos of Pass-a-Grille During Tropical Storm Debby and after the Tornado
Here are some of the better videos of the effects of tropical storm Debby and the tornado she spawned which ripped through Pass-a-Grille Beach Sunday evening, June 24, 2012: From Ric8984, this is the best video I’ve found so far of the tornado crossing the Pass-a-Grille channel and hitting the island. Lots of electrical sparking […]
Pass-a-Grille, Meet Debby
Tropical storm Debby has been pounding the west coast of Florida for several days with wind, rain, and storm surge. If that wasn’t enough, a waterspout came ashore Sunday night at the south end of Pass-a-Grille beach and did significant, but not catastrophic damage everywhere. There were about 20 properties that were in pretty bad […]
Sunset and Sushi on St. Pete Beach
One of our favorite Thai restaurants, Banana Leaf is closing their Pasadena Ave location and has opened the Basil Leaf out on St. Pete Beach. We tried Basil Leaf Friday night. I ordered my usual Tom Ka Gai soup and a spider roll. Suzy also ordered a Tom Ka Gai and a dynamite roll. Both […]
A Pause on Pass-A-Grille Beach
This evening we took a walk on passagrille beach hoping to watch a nice sunset. The sky was very overcast, but the sun did manage to peek through before it went down. We stopped by Paradise Sweets for a smoothies. Summer is a great time to enjoy Passagrille since there are few visitors this time […]
After the Rain
This afternoon we decided to leave the computers behind and head for the beach. Pass-a-Grille was our choice as it’s close by. We took a walk down to the jetty and enjoyed a view of a very green and vibrant Shell Key as we watched a rain shower form and start moving toward us. We […]
Live Shells on St. Pete Beach: Augers and Tulips
Low tide is a great time to find live shells on St. Pete Beach. Augers, tulips, fighting conchs, and olive shells were in abundance Saturday evening. There were a lot of augers, but not as many as the millions of Common Atlantic Augers we saw on Sanibel Island during our honeymoon. We always leave live […]
