Backyard Tourism

Over Father's Day weekend, Jacob and I decided to explore our own backyard by taking a mini-vacation to St. Petersburg--on the Gulf Coast about an hour from where we live. We have been missing summer baseball games in Seattle, so we thought for our first night there, we would catch a Tampa Bay Rays game at tropicana field...


I've never felt such a strong affinity for OJ while watching baseball before...

Jacob's eye waiting anxiously for the game to start
The rest of Jacob waiting for the game (we arrived very early to make parking MUCH easier--the seats were filled closer to the start of the game) We stayed at a bed and breakfast in the heart of the waterfront. The room was nice, but I think it was designed for much taller people. Luckily they provided a stool to assist in getting into bed.
We were within walking distance to the pier, the local art museum, and several different shops. A lot of people rent bikes or scooters to explore here as well. Here are some of the local boats.
After exploring the waterfront and eating some lunch, we decided to go to the Salvador Dali museum.
I've had a fascination with Dali since doing a report on him in 5th grade. Here's me and Sal posing for a picture.
Even the benches are surreal at the Dali museum...
Our host at the bed and breakfast offered us free tickets to Saturday night's Rays game so decided to make the most of it while we were there. After we arrived, we discovered it was also the Festival Latino which meant that most of the game commentary was done in Spanish. After an eventful weekend, we stopped at the beach before heading home to Orlando. I had no idea how warm the water would be. Definitely coming back with my swimsuit.