December 1-6 2016 Our New home for December
December, 1 we pulled into Marker 1 Marina in Dunedin Florida. It is just north of Clearwater but south of Tarpon Springs. They offer Loopers a great deal if you pay for the month. We have been moving and grooving at a pretty busy pace. We welcome staying a one place for a little longer time. It was also easier for our son, Allen, to meet up with us and for us to leave the boat to go visit my Parents in Englewood.
There are quite a few Loopers here so it was almost like coming home. Such a welcoming group. The Marina was also very welcoming. We were told about the Pinellis Trail. It is a bike trail that goes from Tarpons Springs through Dunedin and down into Clearwater. The first thing we did was go to the Dunedin amazing farmer’s market. On the way home, we stopped at Eli’s BBQ for lunch. There was a ton of meat on the barbie. They are only open Fridays and Saturdays. That’s a lot of meat to serve in 2 days, but I believe it. The line was almost out into the street.
The town of Dunedin is quaint and has a nice variety of unique shops. We only hit a few, but plan to go back to see more.
We are learning more about tides. The tides here are closer to 3 feet at times than the 1 foot we were used to. Tying up the boat on one end of a pier has been a challenge with our basher boards catching on some wood they put on the pilings which is a problem. We may be moving to a different slip but they need to turn the power on and it is too windy and storming to move today.
We were fortunate enough to be here for the annual Christmas light boat parade, which started at our marina.We started with docktails and ended with docktails. Life is good.
We had ringside seats and didn’t have to go anywhere. It has been hard to get tin the Christmas spirit in 80 degrees, but that parade and Christmas atmosphere did it for me. Super fun.
It was a very fun evening and really put us in the Holiday Spirit!
Thanks for reading.
Karen and Scott
Unique Random Photo of the day:
QWE ARE JEALOUS…………..SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS MADE A GOOD DECISION IN YOUR LOOP;;;;;;IHAVE A COUSIN IN DUNEDIN
AND NAT AND I USED TO STOP THERE ON OUR TRIPS TO FLORIDA
TO SEE HIS FOLKS. JAVE FUN////////TIME REA;L;Y DOES FLY
YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING GREAT………….LUCKY DUCKS…..!!!!