Clearwater Beach

Clearwater Beach is about a 15 minute drive from us, so we've been enjoying having a beach close (not as close as Puerto Rico), but still close.

On the weekends the beach is usually PACKED, and we're not even in tourist season yet.  It takes a while to find parking (you might even end up in a 30 minute parking spot and feed it a few quarters thinking it'll give you more time- it doesn't- rookie mistake!).

Once you find a place to park, it's worth it!  There a neat places to eat (Pearly's Beach Eats reminded us of Puerto Rico, and Crabby Bill's is always fun), shops in the area, and of course the beach! :)

Pier 60

On evenings the beach is a lot less crowded.  We went Friday night after work to walk the beach, catch the sunset, and then grab dinner.