Fort Desoto

We checked in with our service advisor at Lazydays first thing this morning. LD will look after the a/c unit and also the body work while we head back to Peace River. Hoping they can have it all ready and done by April 4th as they have scheduled.





We headed for Fort Desoto at 10 am which is located on the southern tip of a spit of land west of the Sunshine Skyway in St Petersburg. We visited here last year and had a great time wandering along the beaches. This time around we cycled around the area from North Beach. We spent about 90 minutes cycling. It was very hot and humid but cooled off nicely by the water. There is a nice bicycle path that runs the length of the park so traffic is not a problem.

Once back in the parking lot, we secured our bikes to the roof of our Saturn and then headed off down the beach. The beaches were busy but there was still plenty of parking available. We strolled a mile or so along the beach, in and out of the water before turning around and walking back to the car. North beach was voted best beach in America in 2005 and it is easy to see why. Soft, white powder sand and the warm, shallow water of the Gulf Coast. Fabulous!



We headed off for Peace River around 3 pm and ran into the mother of all thunder storms along Hwy 64. Temp was 28C in bright sunshine and dropped to 19C in about 5 minutes once the skies opened upon us. The rain kept falling until almost 9 pm.

Jim and Jane joined us for supper at the China Buffet in Wauchula. Our treat as a thank you for their looking after Buddy on numerous occasions. Good food and great company.