I woke up early and decided to try to catch some fish. I have to say, Rhonda looked so cute sitting on the dock with a cane pole. The area around the big lilies was full of little bream, but we couldn't catch anything big enough to eat. Later in the morning we drove up to the headwaters of the rainbow River Basin. Up until about 50 years ago, this area was a giant corny amusement park, complete with carnival rides, rodeo grounds, zoo and glass bottom steamboats. Today it is a beautiful State park, with hiking trails, water falls and the most beautiful river I've ever seen. One look and you could easily see why it was named the Rainbow River! The water was so clear, the fish seemed to just hover above the ground.
There was wildlife at every step. Before we even got parked at the trailhead, we watched a pair of Pileated woodpeckers, the largest woodpeckers in North America. There were lizards crawling on rocks, and butterflies of every color. I spent over an hour on my knees photographing butterflies and exotic-looking moths on one giant Porterweed bush. 
Having spent all of our first few days here in the central Florida area, we decided to drive to St. Petersburg on the Gulf coast. It should have been a 1-1/2 hour drive, but there was construction on most of the highway and we got in the urban area just in time to take part in rush hour traffic. We didn't find much in St. Petersburg, so we drove back up the coast to the Tarpon Springs area. We found a nice restaurant on the beach with a nice view. We had a delicious rib-eye steak, scallops and stuffed crab while we watched a beautiful sunset on the Gulf of Mexico. 
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