Caladesi Island, FL to Clearwater Beach, FL

Nov. 13 – Nov. 19

Caladesi Island is a Florida State Park and is only accessible by private boat or ferry. There is a marina (with power & water), ranger station, concession building, picnic areas, a hiking nature trail, 3 mile kayaking trails, and the most beautiful white sandy beach. We ended up staying here 5 days. We walked the beach every morning looking for shells & found several nice ones to add to our collection along with sand dollars. The weather averaged mid 70’s & was sunny every day.

 

 Nature trail.

 

 Tunnel we kayaked thru.

Armidillo

 

 Gopher turtle

 

We left Caladesi and moved a whole 11 miles to Clearwater Beach to an anchorage. From this anchorage we can see the Aquarium where the movie Dolphin Tale was filmed. During our stay here we had wind, wind, and more wind, which clocked around from then south to the north and brought COLD air with it. Our temperatures dropped down to the upper 30’s at night and only a high of 60 degrees during the day. Brrrrrr it’s definitely time to move farther south. We didn’t spend a lot of time sightseeing but we did get a chance to connect with a couple from Virginia that we met last winter in Marathon Key. They were traveling through this area by car.