Moving on to Treasure Island

Mary and Jackie and I took off on a long walk south on the beach yesterday under cloudy skies and an occasional spit of rain. We passed by the south boundary of the park and were within sight of the northernmost houses of Clearwater Beach when we turned around. There was a pass between Caladesi Island and Clearwater Beach area in years gone by, but now it is all one long beach.




Mary has picked up a book in gift shop here (actually two books). One book was written by an elderly lady whose father settled on Caladesi in the 1880s. There are pictures of her growing up on the island and stories about her rowing a boat across the sound to the mainland 2 miles away to go to school. The other book was, of course, a cookbook.



The wind blew hard out of the north all night rattling lines and canvas. Although we were very well sheltered here, the noise was a bother, and until about 8 AM, I was concerned about getting difficulties in getting underway from our tight little corner and being shoved by the wind into some concrete pilings nearby. However, conditions were moderating nicely by 8:30 making it possible to take advantage of the 9:30 AM high tide to get across the shallow flats of the sound. It is 8:40 AM now, and we shall see soon enough.