2 Sep 08 Shopping at the Outlet Mall & Dinner at Pass-A-Grille

You can't go on a girl's trip without spending a day of power shopping. We drove across the Sunshine Skyway Bridge (entry of the Gulf Mexico and Tampa Bay) to the Ellenton Factory Outlet Mall. We were crazed with bargains and great finds.

After a long day of shopping, we headed once again to the Gulf of Mexico for sunset. We had dinner on the roof top of The Hurricane, located on Passe-A-Grill, the southern most tip of the penisula in Pinellas County. We also walked through the Pink Palace of the Gulf, the Don Cesar Hotel and Resort. The beach is St. Pete Beach, and there we found an octupus inside of a sponge, met a marine biologist named Sarah from Barcelona, Spain who gave us a quick lesson on marine life, and also met a lovely couple watching the sunset. Another beautiful day in paradise.