Last day for Bryan too!

Tomorrow bright and early, Bryan flies back to Iowa.  We've sure had some fun while he and the kids were here!  Today we took off early and drive down Gulf Blvd toward The Pier in St Pete.  We really had no idea what all was there, but we went anyway!  We went specifically to get on the dolphin cruise to see dolphins in the harbor.  My friend, Bev, did this with friends and they saw dolphins up close and personal...not us!  In fact, since we only saw 1 or 2 at a distance, the captain gave us all free tickets for another tour.  The tour lasted 90 minutes and we saw some beautiful homes and some gorgeous sights - just no dolphins.  Unfortunately since Bryan is going back home tomorrow, he won't get to use his ticket.  We got off the boat at 1:00 and went up to the 5th floor of The Pier to eat outside at Cha Cha Coconuts.  Gorgeous day to sit outside to eat and what a view!  While we were there, we watched 3 dolphins playing...too bad we weren't on the boat then!  Oh well, it was a great day for a boat ride anyway!

Love that the pelicans were waiting patiently by the fish for sale to feed them!!  Didn't know pelicans could be trained like Pavlov's dogs!!

 My NEW favorite home!!  Do you think Santa could arrange to get me this for Christmas??

 St Pete skyline from the dolphin cruise boat. 

After lunch we took off for Pass-a-Grille, however we took a little detour so Bryan could see the Sunshine Skyway bridge on I275.  It's a beautiful sight.  When you're driving over it, you are 285 feet in the air.  A boat that is 200 feet high can pass under it! 

 Yes, those are cars going over the bridge!!

Then it was on to Pass-a-Grille to the beautiful beaches there.  That's a beautiful area!

 This is the Don Cesar Hotel which is a famous landmark there. 

Tonight I played 7s from hell - I lost again!  At least I wasn't last!!  I ended up second! 

More later...