Tarpon Springs

Tarpon Springs, Florida!

After our Tampa visit we headed about an hour up the coast to Tarpon Springs. Tarpon Springs is known for it's sponge docks and Greek community. The little history I learned while we were there as that the Greeks started harvesting sponges was back in Ancient times. Sometime around 1908? They came over to the gulf and discovered they could harvest sponges here. From there a little Greek community popped up. We ate at a Greek restaurant that night and had THE BEST pita bread and hummus ever!!!

Here is a close up of the harvested sponges. I am sure many of you have seen them in bath stores or art stores! It was very interesting to learn about them.

THe next day we headed to the docks for a dolphin tour and beach excursion. This is not a picture of the boat we were on - but it is a nice boat don't you think?

The boat ride was nice - a bit too hot for my liking and Adeline was not happy about being on the boat. Her favorite part was when we landed at the beach ( I have to admit it was my favorite too.) The water and the sky were absolutely beautiful that day!!

We all loved walking on the beach looking for shells and washed up sponges. The boys even found a few sharks teeth. On the boat as we were leaving the beach , we saw a shark in the water very close to the boat!!! And on the way back a few dolphins were swimming right by the boat. Very cool I must say!

Heading back to the boat with their loot!

Adeline obviously loves the water !

It was a great trip! Thank you mom and Dad for taking us there with you - we really enjoyed it!