Anna Maria Island

Anna Maria Island is across the state on the Gulf Coast near Tampa and St. Petersburg.  We heard that one of our friends from Kansas City was coming down to visit her grandmother who has lived on the island for 40 years. 
 
So we decided to take a drive over (about 3 hours) and get what we knew would be an excellent guided tour.  Oh wow -- what a beautiful place!  The beaches are largely unspoiled, bright white and the color of the water is amazing.

Just a perfect day!

Deb at the Anna Maria Island City Pier





Ryan & Keri (our "guide") were married at the City Pier
and had their names inscribed on one of the planks

It was a perfect day and we had a wonderful time -- and amazingly even ran into some other KC friends as we were having ice cream at Two Scoops.  What a surprise!

On the way home, we decided to take a side trip over the Sunshine Skyway bridge which we had heard was amazing and it was!