Paddleboarding Clearwater Beach

Paddleboarding Clearwater Beach

Stand Up Paddleboarding Paddleboarding dates back over a thousand years, but modern paddleboarding, as a widely popular sport, seems to have its start somewhere around the year 2000, when boards designed for standing were brought to the US. The new style boards were easier to stand on than a surfboard, and far more buoyant. With […]

Pirate Day Fun and Warfare

Pirate Day Fun and Warfare

John Levique Pirate Days at John’s Pass Happy Return of Piracy Pirate days returned to John’s Pass in Madeira Beach, Florida May 8th through the 10th. The pirate festival has become a well-known excuse to visit the already popular tourist destination of John’s Pass Village and Boardwalk. The site is a well-known favorite for locals […]

Touring Barrier Island Heaven

Touring Barrier Island Heaven

Barrier Island Touring with Private Island Charters When Private Island Charters extended an invitation to tour the barrier islands of the coast, the offer was impossible to refuse. The tour started at Anclote River Park, a well-known destination for Tarpon Springs locals. While the park is not so much a destination for tourists, it does […]

Fairy Tales in the Sand at Clearwater Beach

Fairy Tales in the Sand at Clearwater Beach

Fairy Tale Beach Do you remember the Three Little Pigs? Goldie Locks? Rapunzel? The Little Boy Who Cried Wolf? The Princess and the Pea? Clearwater Beach, Florida brought those and a host of other fairy tales into the realm of three dimensions at the Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival . At a mere ten dollars […]

Sandbar Island Paradise

Sandbar Island Paradise

Island in the Sun North Sandbar is a place that lives in all of our imaginations. Dream of a tiny island, one where few people go, but which is a safe place to be. Cover it with soft white sand and paint clear turquoise waters around its shores. When you are done, you might have […]

Geocaching in Paradise

Geocaching in Paradise

What is Geocaching? The word geocache comes from two words, geo and cache. The word geo refers to the Earth, and cache refers to a secret storage location. In the case of geocaching the item can be anything! The game is to find the stashed object, usually hidden in plain sight in a public place. […]