Bay Town Wharf

The day was spent exploring an area called "Bay Town Wharf". It's a gated community but you can get in by telling the guard that you are going to the "shops". The streets winds you around beautiful landscaped gardens and golf course's until you arrive at the shops.

There are over 100 shops and restaurants that are broken up by bridges over ponds and the bay.

The anchor hotel is, of course, the Hilton. After walking around and looking at the prices in the shops and restaurants we decided to hit another place that was more within our price range. The Outlet's. Just like in Rehoboth, they have all the major outlets. I have to admit that we spent some money on some much needed stuff.

The whole day was very windy with a cold chill in the air. We decided to take an afternoon stroll on the beach to see the huge waves. No surprise there were very few people hanging out. If you enjoy being in a sand storm it was perfect for you. Even the life guards were hunkered down, trying to hide from the elements. It was interesting to note that there are no shells on the beach. Quite a contrast from the other beaches we visited on the west coast of Florida. I did almost step on a Portuguese Man O War that had washed up on shore. If you look at the picture carefully you can see how far it's tentacle extends. I was about 10 feet long!

With our wind breakers on we were able to enjoy yet another sun set on the beach.

We have been on the Internet closely monitoring the weather reports. A severe storm is heading this way. It should arrive late Friday night and into Saturday morning. We also saw that Memphis is flooded from previous storms and that this coming storm won't help the situation. Looks like our decision has been made for us. We are heading west from here.

Enjoy a few more shots from our day...