What a short trip! Tuesday through Friday sounds like four days away, but when more than half of each of the end days is spent in planes and airports, the actual vacation time dwindles noticeably. I know now what I'd do differently in planning the trip, but since that's likely to be a year away, I'll make my notes and tuck them away to look at next winter.
We liked the St. Pete Beach, FL area, what we saw of it, so it's likely that we'll try to return there in the near future. The hotel where we stayed has its own large Gulf beach frontage of nice soft white sand and small shells that are constantly being washed up, and it has several pools and a nice hot tub which we used twice. The room was large enough to move around in, with two queen beds, two chairs, the ubiquitous desk/tv stand/dresser, and a good sized refrigerator in the main room, and the bathroom area with hanging rod, ironing board, large shelf and mirror over the sink in one section, and the toilet and shower in their own tiny room. As acrophobic as I am at times, I wasn't bothered by the 4th floor balcony outside our door, but I wished we had a Gulf facing room so we could enjoy the sunset. Turns out we could only see one of them due to weather and timing of arrival and departure, but we did get to see a nice sunrise, so I guess it evens out.
One of the off-putting things was the aroma. Most indoors areas smelled like a combination of mild stale smoke, cleaning bleach, and chlorine. I guess that's to be expected because of the need to purify drinking water, and because of the number of pools, but I find it unpleasant. It makes me appreciate the cleanness of the air here at home!
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