Saint Petersburg Travel Blogs

For the forty plus years since the original span of the Skyway Bridge was built,  Old School fishermen have been visiting the bridge to fight with a variety of game fish, from shark, tarpon and giant jewfish, to king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, grouper, Giant Old School Flying Gold Fish and se…

My mother was so worried about me moving into a trailer.  Having always rented apartments and had maintenance people to fix things, she worried that I would not be able to keep it up.  The truth is I have the same problems, maybe slightly different, as I would in a house, a…

We had both planned on getting up early this morning. I did not wake up until 10:00am. Oh well, I needed the sleep. Took a shower, got dressed, and ate some cereal. Oh course I had to sign on the Travbuddy and check my page....habit.  We left around 11:00am. We had two choices on getting the…

  Sunken Gardens is an important example of a 1930s Florida roadside commercial attraction. It offers a well-preserved example of old Florida in its lush tropical gardens. Sunken Gardens ranks as the oldest commercial tourist attraction on Florida's west coast, and one of the finest botanica…

And I'll be on my way! I am very ready and I know all  my close friends and family that have heard me talking NONSTOP are ready too! At least you don't have to HEAR me for a month! haha Unless you want to buy a phone card from that website (I swear, I get NO kickbacks!) and call me. All my lug…

This has been my home for the last 10 years. There is so much to see and do here! Beaches, Amusement Parks, WaterParks, Zoo, Aquariums, Great Resturants, Shopping, Boating, Fishing, Dolphin Watching, Shelling....ahhh and the Sunsets on the Gulf of Mexico!

Keeping in touch with friends and not being afraid to go visit them in thier new cities and towns.

32 states in the US and 8 in Canada. Travelled Canada and the USA from coast to coast within five months. Travelled mostly by train, sometimes by coach. In total 33.000 km (20.000 miles). Started and ended in Toronto. Some other highlights: Montreal, Quebec, New York, Philadelpia, Chicago, Miami, New Orleans, El Paso, LA, San Fran, Yosemite, Death Valley, Vegas, Vancouver, Jasper. Experienced temperatures varying from minus 25 degrees Celsius to +30 degrees Celsius. Only shot 6000 pictures.

These are pics from our tour of the HMS Bounty, who calls St Pete home.  It is the boat they used for the 1962 film "Mutiny on the Bounty" and is still used for films today including "Pirates of the Carribbean-Dead Man's Chest."  We got to tour it just before they set out for the Bah…

An impromptu trip to Saint Petersberg, FL for the New Year

Enjoying the sunshine on New Years Eve Day!

...although still quite shiny. Having only really been to the excessively touristic and downright fake parts of Florida (Disney etc), we decided to stay on the East coast, but visit other places. Granted, Florida is in general a tourist trap, but at least when you get away from the neon of Orlando…

Well, here I am back from the club's third annual Tin Butt Ride. What a great day! The ride started at our regular meeting location, which is Barney's of St. Pete Kawasaki Yamaha Honda dealership. They're a club sponsor. Anyway, this was not a led ride. In other words, you were on your own. They ga…

traveling along the years

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