Saint Petersburg Florida
Travel Blogs from Saint Petersburg Florida, United States
Nouvel an à St. Petersburg, Fl
... passé le Nouvel An au même endroit...sauf ici. Nous voilà pour la troisième fois se promener dans les rues de St Petersburg, admirer les bateaux et attendre les feux d’artifice. À voir aussi la belle collection Dali, le musée situé à côté ...
Naples to Saint Pete's
It was difficult to leave the hotel and after a late start we explored Naples a bit before taking the expressway to St. Pete's. Many Yankees have retirement properties in Naples. The harbor, the beach, the climate make it a good place for that. St Pete's ...
ahh.... Home (via the US Election!)
... Obama rallies, Springsteen the "opening act," and onstage Bruce's 3 teenage kids got to meet the next president of the United States, and Obama's kids got to meet ... Bruce Springsteen! Okay, maybe ya hadda be there. Another one was ...
A Peaceful Day
Today we drove to St Petersburg (Florida), across the 4 mile long Sunshine Skyway Bridge, then on to Treasure Island. As it was raining we decided not to stop for a walk, but headed back to the campsite through the countryside, via Wauchula. Pioneer Park ...
Sunday Sunday
Day 16 Start: Gus's End: Gus's We did go and see Gary at Bongo's last night...great fun..Gary is a great guitarist and put's on a great show. This place made a nice burger. Sunday did a bit of cleanup at Gus's place of place of business. Some folks are ...
Progress made
Day 13 Start: Gus's End: Gus's Well the guy I talked to got back to me with a garage right here in St. Pete's...Glen's MG. Talked to him and decided to get Car flatbeded again to Glen's MG. Neat spot. Older English cars everywhere. I liked him right off ...
Beautiful Sat. morning
Day 22 Start: Gus's End: Gus's morning...Gus is making a big breaky for us...very nice.......not sure what the plans are for today but it will be a good day........it's 1 day until 9/11 .......a lot of stories etc. on the radio....went out shopping ...
Could this be the day????
Day 21 Start: Gus's End: Gus's Got up early again....today's high will be around 90....I may have to go to the beach.....all depends on Car....I've gotten into a coffee, peanut butter on toast breaky.....I have been and am now listening to 89.7 WUSF ...
I got wheels
... here on your own is a bit complex.....Mr. GPS again was of great service...........I think I will go down to a neat area in St. Petersburg. To just walk around maybe have a coffee etc....as I said the weather is nice right now. I'm not going to check on ...
Still roughing it
... know I am here so it should be fun. (Gary used to play guitar with my brother Grant years ago) Very pretty area of St. Petersburg here. I have went for a couple doggie walks and the homes and vegetation are beautiful. Still hot. I hope to have a swim/wade ...
Houston ah we have a problem
... today…… Houston ah we have a problem…………….. Had a great drive until I got 119 miles from St. Petersburg. Funny sound and oil pressure went down a bit. Shut er down on the side of the road and waited until me ...
A lazy Tues.....nice
... I will want to do some more driving……It’s FUN !!…..…I will have been here, Gus’s, Saint Petersburg for two weeks come tomorrow…..time is just flying….sat around the pool most of the afternoon…Gus, ...
Doug's Day at the beach....
Day 24 Start: Gus's End: Gus's Another beauty of a day.....I'm going to the Clearwater beach soon....rent a lounge and just chill for a while....I will take Doug.....I'm starting to get used to life down here and much to my surprise I think I could spent ...
Starting to miss CAR
... chat with Gus before he leaves. I took the B to the mall because I had seen a shirt there on sale last time.....nice Florida type shirt.......stopped in at Glenn's MG on the way back and there it was....CAR....out of the garage....I went over the invoice ...
Labour Day
... Had a terrific breakfest this morning. Slightly warm hard boiled eggs with olive oil and pepper...sausage patties...toast.....real Florida orange juice.....yumm...then get ready to see the Dalhi museum. I totaly enjoyed the experience...highly recomend if ...
Adventure planning
Day 18 Start: Gus's End: Gus's (all spellingk and grammar type errors gotta be ignored cause) "Severe thunderstorm alert in your area." That's the weather this morning. Gus has left so it's me and Poquito the dog. He does not like the storm and is ...
Sleeping in
Day 19 Start: Gus's End: Gus’s I'm starting to sleep in ...got up at 09:27 today...back home my brother Grant and I would have just about finished 18 holes by now. Of course I am staying up a little later. I'll wait a bit and then call to see ...
Back on the road again
... get past Tampa.....we both needed to shut down.....CAR went just fine....no issues......it did stay hot until I got out of Florida..........it was a nice drive once it got dark...... I'm going to try and remember to include the starting and ending mileage ...
Arriving in Florida
... surprised to have those capabilities on a domestic flight. Just one more reason I like Continental. At baggage claim I see that United is the same area as Continental, so I make my way over to the ground transportation area. The car rental ...
The work on Car has started
... me stay at his place for the duration. So I'll have to 'Cowboy up' in the lovely city of St. Petersburg in Gus's pad....Hmmmmmmmm (imagine Alfalfa is singin this) Happy trails to you...until we meet again...happy trails to you....keep smilin ...
9/11 ten years after
Day 23 Start: Gus's End: Gus's Slept in a bit.....went down to the water in St. Petes. for a coffee....sat at a coffee house reading the paper and enjoying a very good cup of coffee......there was a 9/11 thing going on....fire fighters and police get ...
The Interuption
Rach got married to Patrick. Big Deal. I will type more here later. Desert Party. JJ and me and Dave and others gave speeches. Hit the town Saturday night. Saw family! Awesome. ...
Change in Plans
Well I've had a change in plans. I've been going some figuring for this trip, my living expences, the purchase of a new car, and my mental wellbeing and come up with shortening my trip down to 2 weeks. Not real happy but trying to do the ADULT thing or I ...
Home
Hello, I'm just letting everyone know that I made it home. It took a little longer than anticipated, I was supposed to get in yesterday at 9am and instead I got in at 9pm. Oh well, I made it and I got to go to the beach in Ft Lauderdale. I Cusco early ...
9/4/96
(11:00pm) I guess I’ll finish last night first. After dinner we all took a walk down to the beach. It was only a couple of miles but it seemed like eternity. We got back and watched TV until around 12:00am and slept until 11:30am-ish again and sat ...
Lunch at the Don Cesar Resort
Thursday, March 17, 2011 – Happy St. Patrick's Day! Well, the Don Cesar was everything we thought it would be – absolutely beautiful. Of course, we had one little glitch – parking. When we arrived at the visitor ...
Splitting hairs and bills
Well this is right up our alley, so to speak. Having owned our own restaurants for 18 years now, and eating out dozens of times a month, splitting the bill, and how to request it, if at all, is a valid concern, and one we have addressed in a variety of ...
I'm back!
March 15, 2009 - I'm back! Let's see, where did I leave off? Days are going too fast! On Thursday, we took a walk to WalMart for a couple of items. It's not quite a half mile away. Thursday night my aunt and her friend, Brenda came for dinner. They left ...
Sunday, March 8
March 8, 2009 - Can't believe we've been here a week already. Time sure does fly when you are having fun and we are doing just that! This a.m. Maryann and Jim Houlihan came for brunch. We had a breakfast casserole and fresh fruit. They didn't stay too ...
Pictures of Paraguay
Hi all, I'm finally getting some of my pictures up. This is just the first instalation, but I hope you like. Lindsey PS sorry guys, the upload image page would not load. I may have to figure something else ...

