Caspersen Beach on a hot July Day

Chris, Jan, Joanne, Conrad & Sally enjoyed the beach

We organized a beach day and eight in our boating club, PGIslanders, and one guest had a fantastic time at Caspersen beach on Wednesday, 7/19.  Although it was raining in Punta Gorda, the group headed down Rt 41 North to Venice because the RADAR NOW app showed "all clear" weather. And it was.  As another good omen for the day, a parking space became available just steps away from the rest room and beach path areas.  There is NO charge for parking at this destination, so it doesn't get any better than this!

A turtle strolls along with the locals

The water was warm and calm as we all skinny dipped in (OH, just kidding!)   Some looked for sharks teeth and of course, found a few.  Some of us brought our snorkels and were rewarded with schools of fish feeding from the plankton on the rocks.  After lots of fun and conversation, we headed down to Sharkey's.   Can you believe we got a fantastic table for 9 under the shaded patio and on cue, a coolish breeze filtered through.  The seafood lunch was great and everyone enjoyed the drinks, too!  Summer is a great time to become a tourist here - no swarms of people, lines of cars, etc. - -civility, peacefulness and tropical breezes were the order of the day. 

Sally, Conrad, Trudy, Chuck & Mahala enjoy lunch at Sharkey's

Those attending were:  Leaders - Joanne & Richard Collins, Sally & Conrad Pinches, Jan & Rick Petroski, Trudy & Chuck Millburg with niece, Mahala, visiting from Illinois.