Day Trip

In the spirit of exploring, I travelled north to Clearwater beach to lunch with a longtime friend.  It’s a bustling area with many condos and little shopping areas with some restaurants mixed in.  The parking is a problem though with meters everywhere that have a 1 hour limit.  Makes it inconvenient for finishing a meal, shopping or crossing the street for the beach.  As I left the area, I drove south along the coast and went from small town to small town until the road ended for that particular barrier island.  And there was Passa Grille, a quaint, quiet little village with interesting history dating back to the 1700s.  Great ice cream shop right across from the beach and plenty of benches along the intracoastal waterway to enjoy boats passing by.  Prices for this wonderful area range from $96,000 for a 1 bdr 1 bath condo to $3,900,000 for an estate home right on the beach.