Sundown looking west from the Cockroach Bay boat ramp toward Tampa Bay, Florida.

Looking west from the Apollo Beach Nature Preserve in Apollo Beach, Florida one evening, I saw this line of thunderstorms across the bay toward Pinellas County.

The Anna Maria City Pier with a restaurant and fishing as seen from one of the parking areas along the shore. The 776' long wooden Anna Maria Island City Pier was built in 1911 by George W. Bean's and Charles Roser's Anna Maria Beach Co. to lure wealthy visitors on Steamboats and paddleboats from Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Bradenton, Florida to the island hoping that they would invest in land there.

The Anna Maria City Pier withj its restaurant and fishing as seen from one of the parking areas along the shore. The 776' long wooden Anna Maria Island City Pier was built in 1911 by George W. Bean's and Charles Roser's Anna Maria Beach Co. to lure wealthy visitors on Steamboats and paddleboats from Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Bradenton, Florida to the island hoping that they would invest in land there.

Sunset at the mouth of the Alafia River in Gibsonton, Florida as three men set out for a night of fishing.

Sunset over the Mosaic Plant in Gibsonton, Florida

Stilt houses in the Gulf of Mexico off Green Key in Pasco County, Florida.Amazingly these buildings seem to survive some extreme weather.

Greer Island Park is a hard to find spot on Long Boat Key, Florida. As a result it is relatively deserted.

Cabin cruiser at dock on Sarasota Bay, Florida.

This is the beach in front of the Iguana Lodge on the Golfo Dulce in Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica.

This dock stretches from Bahia Beach into Tampa Bay toward St. Petersburg, Florida.

This is the path to the beach at Greer Island Park on Long Boat Key, Florida.