We visited Clearwater Beach during our recent trip to Florida.
Clearwater’s population is a little over 114,000 , but with
the snow birds spending their cold months during the winter season, the
population can easily swell by another 20,000 people.
Clearwater holds the Guinness Book of World Records as having the most consecutive days of sunshine, average at 361 days!
Clearwater Beach is a huge beach; it
is about 3 miles long and 3 blocks wide. It draws about 4 million tourists a year.
The white sand on the beach was unbelievably soft, fine like sugar.
I felt as if I had stepped on baby powder. I sank my feet deeper into the sand trying to enjoy the soft powdery sand massaging my tired feet.
It felt absolutely wonderful!
No wonder, Clearwater Beach has been voted as the best beach in America.
With so many visitors coming to this famous beach, I was surprised that the beach was kept very clean, free of debris, garbage or any broken bottles.
Then I noticed the strict rules posted on the beach.
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| Clearwater Beach, Florida, at Dusk |
We felt safe enough to take off our shoes and walked on the beach and wet our bare feet.
Though we got to the beach in the late afternoon, we were on the beach in time to catch the sunset!
There were quite a few people on the beach with their cameras in hands, ready to enjoy and snap pictures of the sunset.
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| Watching the sunset on Clearwater Beach, Florida, USA |
The beach was alive after sunset.
At Pier 60, there is the Sunset Celebration held nightly.
The evening we were there, we saw many vendors with their tables already set up along the boardwalk.
These vendors were selling various types of merchandise and crafts items.
There were a few artists offering their services and artistic skills to interested visitors to the beach.
There was a glass artist creating his glass sculptures right on the beach.
He demonstrated his masterful skills and turned out beautiful creations in a short period of time.
At one of the stalls, there was a crowd gathering watching something interesting.
Wearing a mask to avoid the fumes and using his spray cans containing different colours, a spray paint artist was creating his tropical and Florida landscape paintings in front of a crowd.
After walking on the beach side, we crossed the street and strolled along the pier side where we discovered a few nice seafood restaurants.
Along the pier, there were many boats for hire to people interested in fishing, snorkeling and other water activities.
At the pier, we also saw many fishing cleaning stations so that people could have their fish cleaned and gutted right after they were caught.
With four million tourists visiting the area every year, Clearwater Beach is a top Florida destination for many visitors.
We will definitely come back in the future and will plan for a longer visit to this famous beach!
R.T.
Clearwater Beach
Florida, USA
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