Friday, August 29, 2014

A week on the beach in St Petersburg Beach, Florida in August 2014

The Alden- return after last staying here in 1974.

All suite property- separate bedroom, bath, kitchen & living room with oceanfront balcony

Nice bright living room

View from our balcony

First night- walking the beach at sunset

Feet in the sand

And the drinks begin

down the beach- they have slides, jetpacks, etc

stingrays just swim right around you

Walking to Loews Don CeSar hotel down the beach

Birds at breakfast

Resting in the Don CeSar

Crabby Bill has lunch at Crabby Bill's on the oceanfront

Salvador Dali Museum in downtown St Pete

Getting an extra dose

"Dali"esque

One of the many bizarre paintings in this museum

Enjoying the convertible for the week

Cocktails at Georgie's Alibi

Entering the Ringling Museum & Home complex in Sarasota

Beautiful grounds (and hot!!)

Beautiful wall painting

Send in the clowns

Costume

MASSIVE display of circus setup


Happiness

Banyan trees on the grounds

Walking to the home

In the Ringling living room


Mr Ringling's bedroom

View from bedroom window

View down into the living room from 2nd floor hall

Backside of the home

Revisiting after last visit about 1970.

Huge beautiful art museum on the grounds

Visiting Jeff & Sharon at their home in Beverly Hills, FL

Jeff and Sharon's "kids"

Party at Tom and Kim's. She had to wake him up I think

Tom and niece Kim

Nephew Scott with Laura and Jaden

Having fun with my great-nephew Trent

Dom, Mike, Jeff and Tom resting after a great meal

Playing hide and seek with the kids

Saying goodbye for now

Busch Gardens, here we are!

Beautiful plants everywhere

Fighting? Loving? You choose

Very colorful birds everywhere

Humid!

Birds loose everywhere in the aviary

Took train ride around park

Water ride sure felt good!

Kids meal at Busch

Now, you know why Bill does the driving

Saying hello to my friends


Log ride at Busch!