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Sunday, August 21, 2005
Last Week of Fun: Day 2
Today we made it over to St. Petersburg and Clearwater and went to the beach. Of course it was incredibly hot so we only ended up staying out for about an hour. The west coast of Florida is the Gulf of Mexico and it was a little different than swimming in the Atlantic, as I did in Wilmington. There weren't waves like I'm used to and the water was actually pretty clear. Oh, and it wasn't freezing cold like Wrightsville and Carolina beaches are even during the summer months. The Clearwater area is beautiful if one is able to look beyond the fact that every square inch is developed.
Tonight we are going back to downtown Tampa to check out the bay and eat at Kojak's, a "famous" rib shack that my father and I ate at a few months ago when we were in Tampa for reconnaissance. As always, there will probably be some cool shots up on Flickr later on.
Tomorrow it's back to business with the Anthropology Department's new graduate orientation at 4pm. At 6:30 there's a reception/party at one the prof's houses. I'm starting to get excited.
Posted by Will at August 21, 2005 04:24 PM in Graduate School