Howard Beach

Howard Beach.  Tarpon Springs.

Ok... Tarpon Springs is a very sweet little beach town.  I usually am not very kind about the gulf / Northern bit of Florida... we haven't found a lot to do here that is beachy.  I guess we just needed to talk to some nurses and get the skinny on where to go.  We have 2 other beaches to check out as well.  This was a nice drive (took about 45 minutes and was pleasant) and once we got there - OHMIGOSH _ MOM...MOM!  you can RENT CANOES!!!!!!!

so 30 bucks later (I thought that was reasonable for renting 2 of them for the afternoon) I had 2 very happy older boys.  Sage was jumping and clapping as soon as we got out of the car and he saw the Gulf.  He had an "are you kidding me???" look on his face.  He ran straight into the Gulf and started kicking it around and splashing the 3 of us.

Howard beach is a little peninsula that sticks out and you take a land bridge to get out and park.  On either side of the parking is a beach that is Gulf.  On one side there are Canoes, paddle boats and ... seems like I am forgetting something to rent.  On the other side is just swimming.  There are food trucks and lots of pale people - or burnt people.  It is March.  The swimming side was MUCH colder and rougher - weird.  So Sage and I just waded by where Connor and Finny were paddling.  With Sage randomly yelling to them "innnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!  onnnnnnnnnn!!!!"  He was much happier when they were close.

The rental dude let us grab a kid life jacket and Sage got to sit in the boat with Connor with me right by and - woah... heaven.