We had reservations to go camping at Fort DeSota from Sunday to Thursday. We couldn't decide if we should go or not since Tropical storm Nicole (which became a hurricane) was forecasted to bring high winds and rain on Wednesday and Thursday. Fort DeSota is right on the Gulf below St. Petersburg.
When we arrived we asked if we could extend the reservation to Friday. When the girl looked at the site we had booked and then at our RV she said we couldn't be in that area for it was only for tents, vans, and pop ups, up to 16 feet long. We are 27 feet. She kindly managed to change us to this emergency site (not listed on the map) for the whole time and leaving Friday.
It is a great site. Usually you would back in but we wanted to look out at the water, so Larry pulled in.
What a view.
Even saw a rainbow on Sunday evening.
And lots of visits from birds.
This is where you pull into the park and cross over the water. Our RV is the second white spot.
A better view of it,
even better.
Monday morning we biked over to the fort and beach, about 3 miles away. A shadow selfie,
Turned the camera around and took this selfie. The weather was windy but the sun was hot. I had my swim suit on but didn't go in the water. May have if I wasn't biking and had towel and chair. We spent an hour walking along the beach collecting shells. Maybe I will make another shell tree.
Larry fished for a little while while I read. It was getting windier. Tuesday we biked around the campground and up the road to the boat docks. Then we drove over to Treasure Island and had lunch at Ricky's.
Wednesday we walked all around the campground and then drove to the beach . Much windier, the sand was blowing.
We moved the camper back a little farther from the water and put everything away, even the front slide. the rain started Wednesday evening. We seemed to be well protected from the wind, and had no rocking. Wasn't aware of the storm during the night.
Thursday it rained hard on and off with some gust of winds all day. We stayed indoors and put a puzzle together, Larry helped! Friday morning we left at 8 and had no winds or rain coming back to Clermont. We were home by 10. We got the RV unpacked and then it stormed for several hours.
We had reservations to go to Epcot on Friday. The rain had stopped by 4, so we went. We saw a vivid rainbow on our drive to Disney.
We went to the Eat to the Beat concert to hear Kenny G. I saw on Facebook that Larry's brother and his wife were at Epcot so we met up with them there.
He started the show by coming out in the audience and playing. The only words spoken in the half hour show was to introduce the members of the band. They have played together for 35 years.
He plays a soprano sax and he really can play! I don't know how he can hold a note that long. As Sabra said " you can tell he never smoked". It was a nice evening.
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