Clearwater Beach

We spent 2 days & 2 nights amid the hustle of a major tourist beach on Memorial Day weekend.  Can you say "traffic jams & bodies everywhere"?  Our marina was right across the street from the beach, adjacent to the Causeway Bridge, so it was an easy walk to go squish some snow-white powder sand between our toes.


The very broad Clearwater Beach with powder sand


We checked out a couple restaurants & attended "Sunset at Pier 60" at the city pier, along with a couple thousand of our closest friends.  Apparently, it's a big deal for the tourists to watch the sun set into the Gulf of Mexico.  I guess not too many of those folks cruise their boat overnight across a corner of the Gulf & routinely see gorgeous sunsets & a huge orange full moon rising out of the blackness. 




Sunset at Clearwater Beach Pier 60




















We were amused at all the different tourist amusements (traps) which were offered along the beach.  For example, people actually pay money to go on a boat ride to see dolphins, when we've seen hundreds of them during the past 2 months.  I decided to photograph what I think were the tackiest tourist transports & let you vote for the worst one.  They all passed right in front of our boat.  See the following 3 photos & place your bets!

Tacky trap #1 - Pirate ship

Tacky Trap #2 - Sea Screamer

Tacky Trap #3 - Shark Bait