February 24, 2018. 38 Miles.

Yesterday I swam while Dianne played tennis, and then Kathie rode her bike while Dianne and I went to Scrabble club. We went to the fish fry in the evening--pretty funny after spending over $200 on groceries Thursday!

This morning Fred and Tom drove over from Crystal River to bike with us. They were here on time; actually they were half an hour early--we call that Fred time.

We rode over to the Pinellas Trail and into Tarpon Springs. Then we headed to Howard Park Beach. We took a break there and asked a woman to take our photo.

After Howard Park we rode back into Tarpon Springs and stopped at Spring Bayou to see if there were any manatees. There were none to be seen, because the weather has been so warm. It was in the 80s every day since I arrived, and for a week before that. They come into the bayou when they want to warm up.

We then rode to Dunedin, and had grouper sandwiches at the Sand Bar. After lunch we rode the Dunedin Causeway as far as the entrance to Honeymoon Island State Park. There was a line of cars 2 miles long waiting to get in the park, so we chose not to enter. It's a nice park, but better to go on a weekday when the traffic is not so crazy. We flew right past the backed up cars because we were on the bike path, but the path ends when you enter the park.