Mai Thai Wanderings

So happy the beaches are finally open! These two pictures of Madeira Beach were taken on a nice summer day in July when we took a walk on the beach to see the turtle nests. A walk on Madeira Beach in July to see the turtle nest This next picture was taken a few days after Hurricane Helene passed through. Not only were homes flooded, the storm surge had pushed an incredible amount of sand onto homes, hotel parking lots and over to the streets! For weeks, the county worked on shoveling, cleaning and sifting those sand before  moving them back to the beach. All that sand sat in the beach parking lot at Madeira Beach Last week, I was in the St Pete area, and drove along Gulf Blvd, from the southern end at Pass-A-Grille Beach to the northern end at Belleair. I was saddened to see the widespread devastation and the erosion of the area's pride and joy - the beautiful beaches along the Gulf of Mexico. map of the Pinellas County beaches Stuff from flooded homes lined the street at Passe-A-G