We went to the beach

Ok, so since we live near a beach it probably shouldn't be such a draw, but it still is. We ate lunch at Backwaters on Sand Key. The best I can say about it is location, location, location. We ate outside, which is not usually my first choice, but the ocean water was kissing the edge of the deck, how could we resist? We both had sandwiches, I had a fried chicken with house made chips and he had fried grouper with cole slaw. It was okay. Probably about par with a Chili's or TGI Friday's. From there we went to Sand Key Park.... this is a must see. There's plenty of parking for $5, lots of bathrooms and at least one place to rent an umbrella on the beach. The beach is beautiful and clean, but no shade whatsoever, so if you are a ginger like me you might feel like the wicked witch after her encounter with a bucket of water. There's also another part with fishing piers. We weren't fishing, but it was an awesome place to take pictures. We saw pelicans and lots of cool white birds, maybe small cranes. I'll try to get some photos in here later.

Writing this blog has become a little more difficult in that the app no longer works for apple... really? Now I can only write on line through the website. Should I move on to a different blog spot and lose all my old stuff? Or do I suffer through and only work on line? Decisions, decisions.... maybe apple will make it easier on me and just put the app back!

Sand keys park


Sand Key park

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