We flew into St Petersburg/ Clearwater airport. I guess we brought the lightning storm too. We had to sit on the tarmac for an hour while we waited for the lightning to clear. Unfortunately for us, the airport was an outdoor ramp, so that's why we couldn't deplane amidst lightning. The rampers also had to wait for the lightning to get our bags. After that excitement, we headed to our hotel. We stayed within walking distance of the beach in Siesta Key. This was our all time favorite beach in Florida. We stayed here for three days. Surprisingly though, after two days we were pretty beached out. Even the kids were pretty sun saturated. Poor Brig's eyes were blood shot at the end of those two days. We spent two mornings at the beach and then the afternoons were rainy and stormy. We mostly stayed in the room and watched movies and ate junk food. A couple of storms had trashed the beach, which was kind of a bummer. One of the workers said that they aren't allowed to clean the beach during turtle nesting season, so they don't disturb the nests. Good to know for future reference. Don't go to Florida beaches May-Oct (hurricane season and turtle nesting). I like clean beaches. It was lots of fun to see the kids play in the sand/shells and the water. Vanessa loved the waves and was so much more adventurous than she has ever been. It was lots of fun to play with her. Benson of course loved the sea shells and throwing the shells. Brig didn't try out the sand for the first two days. But the third day, we found a patch of real, beautiful Siesta Key sand. The fluffy white stuff that is like Florida snow. He was in heaven with that stuff. So, our third day in Florida we spent the morning at the aquarium and we lucky enough to get a clear afternoon for a beautiful sunset at the beach. Those pics are to come though.....
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