After 4 years of waiting, John and I finally took our Honeymoon! (John started his 3 year training program only a week after we got married). Hence why I have not been blogging recently- we were sipping pina coladas and basking in the sun! We decided instead of going to an island or a cruise, we would return to one of our favorite places...Clearwater/Siesta Key, Florida. John and I had been to this area about 5 years ago and fell in love with their beaches and the clear blue water! Would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a short getaway- very laid back, good food, and amazing beaches!
Here are a few pics from our trip...
Our view from 14th floor balcony at Hyatt Regency of Clearwater-awesome hotel, highly recommended!
Hotel has pool and restaurant/bar on 8th floor overlooking ocean..we spent alot of time up here relaxing and drinking their signature drink that tasted exactly like those orange push pops we used to eat as a kid!
Our daily occurrence.
John of course went out much further than me, but yes I did go out far with him a few days to the sandbar until I saw a dark shadow in the water and he claims 'something rubbery knocked into his leg!" Last time I went out there! We saw plenty of fish, sting rays, sand dollars, etc..
The water is SOO clear..hence Clearwater!
View of hotel from water
Sunsets from our balcony were unreal and if you are at a restaurant for sunset its a ritual to clap at the last second before its gone!
Our Anniversary Dinner at Island Way Grill (owned by two former Tampa Bay Buccaneers- I guess one of them was there but we didn't know who he was?lol) but amazing food with outdoor deck/bar overlooking bay area.
Made sure I never missed a sunset!
Back to the beach!
Notice how shiny we are in most pics...we went through 5 bottles of sunscreen!! John is a stickler when it comes to not getting burned..we put 45 on twice a day! Needless to say..we also did not get tan either! LOL
Sunday Brunch
Siesta Key Beach...softest sand ever!
We went to Busch Gardens Tampa for the day..its a theme park with rollercoasters/safari animals. They have this tiger encounter area where you are basically in a plastic tube that you can get right up in their surroundings..very cool!
One came and laid on top of our heads in the plastic thing...scary! lol
whoa!
John's best bud...they seriously played this hide/seek type game for 20 minutes!
Our last night...beautiful!
We had such a fun time and we were sad to leave but until next time!
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