Tarpon Springs

Once we tied up at the city marina in Tarpon Springs, we headed to Mama's Greek Restaurant. The food was great. Mike ate roast leg of lamb with roasted Greek potatoes, yes he did!!!!! Walked around and window shopped, then headed back to the boat. The next morning we were off to the stores with Mike and Dicky right behind us. The population of Tarpon Springs is mostly Greeks, due to being the sponge capitol of Florida and probably the US.(pictures). Their main street is definitely for tourist, shop after shop after shop. (pictures) Mike and Lu shopped till the afternoon and then headed to a dive shop where Mike bought him a spear gun and a diving hood. Dixie and Dicky were still hitting the shops. They came back to the boat around 8:00 that evening. Ronnie and Karla from Tampa, came visit and ended up spending the night. We had a fantastic time. The next morning all 6 of us went to Tarpon Springs Diner in Ronnie and Karla's truck (picture). We all enjoyed ourselves. Once we returned to the boat it was back to shopping for us 3 ladies. The men opted out. While the ladies shopped, Ronnie taxied Dicky and Mike to get fuel for the boats. Karla and Ronnie left around lunch, while Dixie and Lu did not skip a beat on the shopping. Lu and Dixie returned to the boat around 4pm. The guys were napping. Look what island time can do to a person. Meet the new revitalized Dicky. (pictures) Dixie said she likes a man with long hair. lol We sat outside till 9:30pm. then, we all prepared to depart from Tarpon Springs in the morning and headed to bed.
We were out of the slip by 6:30 the next morning on our way to Anna Marie Island. We are back in the Intracostal, so it was slow going. Had bridges to call for them to open up and they only opened every half hour, so we would have to float around waiting.(picture) Once we reached Anna Marie Island the marina was to shallow for our boat, so we headed a little further to Cortez, which is where we are for the night. At the seafood marina. Love y'all, Lu, Mike Dixie and Dicky