Early in March (7th,8th and 9th) we met friends from Michigan in St. Petersburg Beach for the weekend. Joe and Tammy come down every year for two weeks and this year we decided to meet them in St. Pete's Beach.
We stayed at the Sand Piper Beach Resort overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. Our room was quiet, comfortable, with a great view of the beach from our front door and close enough to the Tiki Bar to make it very convenient for cocktails.
The drive to St. Pete was a tough one during rush hour in the pouring rain Friday night. We met Joe and Tammy for a couple of drinks and then went to our room to relax and unwind.
The next morning we met them for lunch and we went to Crabby Bill's Seafood. Joe and Tammy are not seafood lovers so ken and I encourage them to live on the wild side for a day, and they ate fish pate, gator tail, and other delicacies they would have normally shied away from. Call it peer pressure.
Late that afternoon we sat by the pool and the beach, had plenty of cocktails from the Tiki bar while playing dominoes al fresco. That was a lot of fun and many people stopped by to comment and express their interest in the game.
After an afternoon in the sun and dominoes, we cleaned up and went to eat at a very nice restaurant close to our hotel called Snappers. (See restaurant review for more information)
We came back to their hotel and played some NTN Trivia on the screen in the packed cocktail lounge. We were thrilled to get a table when it was so crowded. After a couple of hours, we said good night and wished them a safe drive back to Michigan.
Sunday morning, we got up, got cleaned up and BAMM. I must have pulled a back muscle bending over the bed to pick up my towel. I was in pain and all haunced over. However we still went out to do a little sightseeing from the car as I could not stand erect well. We went on the abandoned bridge which has been turned into a camping and fishing pier. We also took some pictures of the new Sunshine Skyway Bridge which is an engineering marvel.
On the way home we stopped for some fast food take away.
To make our drive home more enjoyable we played trivia which whiles away the time in a fun way.
On the way home, we stopped picked up a couple of steaks and had a great meal to wind down the weekend.
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