Day 5: A Hard Earned Vacation

Day 5:

No Road Time

0 Miles

Hampton Inn: We grab the complimentary breakfast and are depressed to find that it's raining yet again. A quick check of the weather tells us that it will clear out at about 3:00. We head back to the room for some R and R. While we're waiting Mike makes a few calls and arranges for a dive trip tomorrow morning at 6:30.

Clearwater: At 3:00 the rain goes away, so we head to Clearwater. We're finally in an environment that resembles a vacation.

Shephard's Resort: Mike takes me to a place that he's been to before. There is a live reggae band and tiki bars with "misters" that make fog around the bars. It comes right up to the beach and there is a mixed crowd milling about. The atmosphere is pretty good and we decide to get something to eat there and have a couple of drinks. Mike calls a few friends and has them look at him on the bar's live webcam. 

I order a drink called "Miami Vice". For those who may criticize me for being gay for ordering this drink, I just drove 1000 miles on my motorcycle.

 

Beach: After Shephard's we walk over to the beach to check it out. 

It's not too crowded today, so we try to get rid of our motorcycle tans. A couple hours go by and we venture into the water, which is as warm as a bath.

We kill the rest of the day on the beach.

Dairy Queen: We both try the new Girl Scout Cookie blizzard, which is pretty good. We're both amazed at how big a "small" is and wonder how we could ever finish anything bigger. We talk about how America is getting fat. After the ice cream it's time to call it a night since tomorrow will be an early morning with diving.