Originally when planning this trip, before we knew where we were going to go, my uncle told me to look up Clearwater as well as Treasure Island. Clearwater isn't too far away from Treasure Island, but seemed more touristy, and had more people. It was a nice place to visit though, especially in the late morning before it got too busy. We didn't go but Clearwater also has a Hulk Hogan shop, because Google says he currently lives there. There is also a party at the pier at Clearwater Beach every night during sunset. This beach contains street performers and craft vendors. I read about it on a sign while at the beach. The party takes place 2 hours before sunset, and 2 hours after weather permitting. My uncle had visited Clearwater in the past, and almost got kicked out of a beachfront restaurant after the bottom fell off his glass. He had been cheersing with his glass and clinked it against another glass when that happened. The staff thought he had been causing trouble on purpose, once he explained though the bartender bought him a drink. We were going to go to that same restaurant, but decided against it. It was starting to get more busy, and we had, had a big breakfast and weren't hungry at the time. The lady I sat next to on the plane ride to Tampa had also recommended the same restaurant.
To start off the morning we had my uncle's famous 12 egg omelet. It had colby-jack cheese, and maple ham. It smelled like french toast, and tasted a little like there was syrup on it due to the maple flavoring. After breakfast we headed to Clearwater which was about a 40 minute drive. Clearwater and Treasure Island are both one of a series of cities off the coast of St. Petersburg that look out onto the Gulf of Mexico. You have to take a bridge which is also a highway across Tampa Bay in order to get to Tampa from Treasure Island. When we got to Clearwater we found a parking spot on the street right by the beach. We started off by going to the Ron Jon Surf Shop, and then visited a souvenir shop that was having a sale. We put our stuff in the car before heading to the beach.
I will say that I did prefer the beach at Treasure Island more than Clearwater Beach, but there was also much more people in Clearwater. Both were extremely beautiful though. The waves were bigger this day, but not overwhelmingly so. I went out into the water, swimming and enjoying the waves before laying down on a beach towel in the sun. Laying out in the sun felt really good. The water at Clearwater Beach was in fact not clear. On the way back to the AirBNB we stopped at a huge GoodWill, and a St. Vinnies. We thought there might be local souvenirs. There wasn't much, but I did find a shirt with a vintage car on it.
We headed back to the AirBNB after this. We went down to the pool after arriving back. The college-aged gang was at the pool once again. Along with a young family. There were 2 ducks at the pool this time. One looked like it had a tag on its stomach. Later that night the two ducks were swimming in the pool together. We went to Ricky T's for an early dinner. We had grouper nuggets which is a local group of fish. It tasted like cod, but sweeter, which I really liked. We had snacks at the AirBNB in the evening before watching Petticoat Junction, which I had never seen before. It's a TV show from the 1960's.
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