A tropical storm. The first of the season. They named it Alberto. And its heading right for me. Well, they say it will hit north of here, but I’m looking at the satellite and radar pictures; and it look like it headed in this direction to me.

But hey, 40-50 mile an hour sustained winds are nothing. I’m not scared. I’ll probably go and try to get some pictures. (OK I won’t go far, but I will try for pictures.)

What sucks is we didn’t really plan for rain. Most of our plans (swimming, going to the beach, going to a wildlife reserve, going to a bird sanctuary, and going to Bush Gardens) just won’t cut it in driving rain with lots of wind. We will not be deterred, however. Tomorrow, assuming that they are right and this thing hits north of here, we will go to an Aquarium and to the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg. Interesting places that conveniently have a roof. And if all else fails, we can always go to a movie. I hear X3 is good.

I took some pictures around sunset down at Indian Rocks Beach. Sunset itself was a flop, the cloud cover was too thick, but I got some cool shots of the surf. I’ll try to post one or two if I get a chance.