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 […]

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. […]

Shaking Hands with Pirates

Shaking Hands with Pirates

Outlaws of the High Seas While the pirates of the Caribbean have become a household name, it is also true that those same pirates roved beyond the Caribbean, to the Carolinas and westward to the Gulf Coast of Florida, and even to New Orleans. While the notion of pirates is romantic, the truth might surprise […]

No Roads Found to Caladesi Island

No Roads Found to Caladesi Island

Reaching Caladesi Island Caladesi Island State Park is a favorite destination for tourism, but how do visitors arrive to a location devoid of bridges and roads? Because of the remote location, arriving at the state park is an event even for locals. Caladesi Island was named when the barrier island stood alone, detached from other […]

Clearwater Color Run Strikes Again

Clearwater Color Run Strikes Again

Clearwater Color Run The Color Run arrived in Clearwater, Florida again this December, turning the runners and the pavement a variety of bright shades. The 5k race, touted as the Happiest 5k on the Planet is a variation of the standard foot race in that the course has color stations. Each station holds a different […]

Clearwater Beach TriRock Triathlon 2014

Clearwater Beach TriRock Triathlon 2014

Clearwater Beach Hosts TriRock 2014 The TriRock Triathlon returned to Clearwater Beach on Nov 9th this year, adding another great event to a beach community whose fame is on the rise. With awards such as best sunset and best beach town, just to name a few, Clearwater Beach is entering a larger spotlight both in […]

Clearwater Beach Chalk Walk 2014

Clearwater Beach Chalk Walk 2014

Chalk Walk 2014 at Clearwater Beach The October 2014 Chalk Walk took up much more space on the Beach Walk at Clearwater Beach than last year. Many return visitors expressed pleasant surprise at the expanded scope of the event. The Beach Walk sidewalks used were nearly doubled in length, with more works of art than […]

Finding the Lost Dunedin Pass

Finding the Lost Dunedin Pass

Barrier Islands of the Florida Gulf Coast Clearwater and the City of Dunedin have some of the best barrier islands in the United States. They are the three best known islands in the area, consisting of Clearwater Beach, Caladesi Island, and Honeymoon Island. Other great islands are also along our coast, just to be clear, […]