May 23,2010 Ft.Desoto

We arrived at the Elks in Brandon,Fl. and Larry and Cheryl are also staying here.We will only be here 2 nights and then will go to Thousand Trails Peace River till after Memorial Day.On Sunday the 4 of us went over to Ft. Desoto near St.Petersburg to do some exploring.The beach here has been rated #1 several years in a row but it was quite hot outside so we didn't explore to much.

The Don Cesar hotel is a pink beachfront icon with a romantic history.Thomas Rowe who built the Don Cesar was in Europe and fell in love with a woman named Lucinda.The couple were very much in love and they would meet at a beautiful fountain.Her parents disapproved of Rowe and forbid her from seeing him.He returned to the U.S. broken hearted and in 1924 he built the hotel which included a fountain.Employees and guests today see ghosts of them walking hand in hand.
That's it for today.