......At this boat docking area we got on a tourist boat which took us around the Clearwater Bay area. It was fun but rather tame. What we really wanted was to take that "Thriller" boat ride, (the wet and wild one!!!) But it was temporarily unavailable.

I've NEVER seen a PELICAN in Wisconsin, I'm not sure if we have them, but they're all over the Florida coastal areas. We even saw a bunch of them trying to steal the newly caught fish that the fishermen were cleaning and cutting up on the dock. They were quite persistent about it too, in spite of getting shooed away.

These were some of the sights we saw on that boat ride. We also stopped on patch of land in the waters along the way, and extremely small island, I guess you could call it. But even there we couldn't find any good shells. Too picked over by the tourists on a daily basis.

Of course, we passed some boats along the way too, including this PIRATE BOAT! (for the Tourists)

We passed a lot of rich homes, including one of John Travolta's homes, the guide said. It cost who knows how many millions of dollars, but he said Mr. Travolta only uses it 2 weeks out of the year!!