Friday, April 2, 2010

Our Day in St. Petersburg, FL

We decided yesterday that we would take a drive to St. Petersburg and just check out the area.  We wanted to drive through the Sunshine Skyway Bridge and take pictures.   It is a beautiful 5.5 mile long, 431 foot high bridge.  It is known to be #3 of the Top Ten Bridges by the Travel Channel.  It is a pre-stressed concrete cable stayed bridge....Wow!   Just Beautiful!

Our drive was only 13 miles, first thru the Gandy Bridge (Hwy 92), which bridges Tampa to St. Petersburg...Nice drive.

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The Howard Frankland Bridge (I 275) runs parallel with the Gandy Bridge.

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Our first view of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge...

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This is a long fishing pier....runs right along side the Sunshine Skyway Bridge...

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This is a beautiful bridge....

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The American, POW-MIA, and Florida Flags...

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The bridge from the South of St. Petersburg rest stop.....awesome sight.

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We head back to St. Petersburg over the bridge again.

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These bridges are so amazing to me....

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So this is how they place the boats on the high rise storages.  We are looking for a good place to eat along this marina.

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A view of the Atlanta Bay Tropicana Field, which is home to the Major League Baseball Rays (Stingrays).

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A view of St. Petersburg....

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A beautiful First Baptist Church...

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The Greyhound Racing/Derby Club Complex in St. Petersburg.

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All along the Gulf Coast, people are camping.  Looks like they are preparing for the Easter weekend.

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Some are swimming....

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Some are fishing....

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A view across the bay at Tampa...

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Back at Tampa.

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Nice looking tree...

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Oops!  This 18 wheeler knocked down this rail road crossing sign!  His U-Turn was too wide!

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We had a great Good Friday!   Want to wish everyone a very Happy Easter weekend.

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