Day 44 -relaxing in Bradenton, FL

We had a relaxing morning at the pool. I am not that "efficient" swimming so I prefer fresh water as I "tend" to accidentally swallow some of the water if I am not very diligent... For lunch, we went to "Pier 22", which is right at the mouth of the channel into the marina.

We chose to eat inside, but we did get a table with a great view.  In the background you get a view of how wide the Bradenton River is at this point. We seem to be developing a theme as once again we both had broiled grouper for lunch. We have kept an eye out for manatee, but even though they are quite large, they move very slow and as a result, are hard to locate. However, we have seen plenty of signs. -Sorry, that was a bad attempt at a pun...

     Bradenton has done a wonderful job of fixing up the waterfront along the Manatee River!

They have over a mile of waterfront park, and I even managed to find a comfortable spot. Meanwhile, the Admiral tried to give a speech but her audiance apparently wandered off...

The park was often over a hundred feet deep and contained a number of discovery exhibits such as this "echo chamber".

Tomorrow we are moving on south to the Longboat Key Club Moorings Marina. It is another short trip of only about 26 miles, but we have a lunch stop planned about midway at "Moore's Stone Crab Restaurant". We might even be daring and not have grouper????