Wooohoooo! My family and I just got back on Sunday from a 4 day trip in St. Petersburg, Florida. We stayed at the Tradewinds sandpiper hotel right on the beach! We had a blast. The beaches and water were very clean. Ft. Desoto Beach was awesome. Vacationing in St. Petersburg was awesome!!!! We got our room bumped up to the penthouse at no extra charge.(For celebration of my wife and I's 10year wedding anniversary.) We were right on the beach. Great sunny weather the whole time. Ft. DeSoto beach was awesome! I've never seen such beautiful clean white sand and clear water in my life!!! (I grew up on the dirty shores of southeast Texas.) If you go there, get there early in the morning, because that water heats up fairly quick. We saw live swimming sharks, porpuises, starfish, sand dollars, and lots of other exotic fish and sea life that we've never seen before. Our guide took us out to a channel for some nice Mackerel fights. We were hoping to hook a shark or two, but no luck. Those mackerel love to run and fought very well. The longest we caught was around 23inches. I'm in love with grouper now. I ate as much seafood as possible and I was suprised at how tastey the Grouper was no matter how it was cooked. There were a lot of tan people down there! We got to visit Ybor city and one of the cigar shops had a torcedor working when we came through and he allowed my buddy and I to roll a cigar and get pictures of us doing it!!! Too coool!!! Amazing and unforgetable trip. I think I've finally convinced my wife to let us move out to Florida! hehehehehehe I've got to find me a job and house in Florida now!!!!
