Day 1 in Clearwater

We left Wednesday night and crashed at mom's. We arrived at her house late and slept till around 7:20 am Thursday. Before leaving town, we visited mom at her work and then we ate breakfast at Cracker Barrel. I had the blueberry pancakes and they were so good. Mallory also loved their sausage. We arrived in Clearwater around noon. First we swam and played in the pool area of our hotel. Next, to Mallory's dismay, we took a nap. We were so tired.
After we awoke, we went down to Indian Shores Beach. Mallory was so excited, as you can tell in the first picture. However, once we got down to the water, she instantly became leery. At first, she didn't like having her face wet (like her Grandma Brown, I guess) but luckily she quickly got over this. She stripped her clothes and literally left us.
As you can see in the third picture, it did not take her long to wander off. She bravely entered the ocean and Daniel had to chase her down. She had no fear and no concept that the water was getting deeper. After we swam and played in the water, we drove to Clearwater beach and started searching for a good looking restaurant.
We went to a cafe called, "Frenchies". It was really good. Mallory and I had chicken fingers, pasta and french fries (everyone knows that calories don't count on vacation) and Daniel had shrimp, coleslaw, and onion petals. In the last picture, Mallory was inpatient for her food so to preoccupy her, Daniel started snapping pictures. I really like this picture of us.