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05-13-2014, 08:26 AM
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I'm sure we can find a decent place with dockage at either location. Camping is fun but so much goes into prepping for the boating aspect that I can't juggle both with the focus I am happy with and keep it a "vacation" and not a project.
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05-13-2014, 11:50 AM
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Fort Desoto Hotel options
Attention: Camper Challenged,
I think the closest place to Ft. Desoto campground (that would put up with us scallawags) would be the Magnuson Hotel Marina Cove. It's at the north end of the Skyway on the east side of US -19 (www.marinacoveresort.com) It ain't quite "fabulous' but it's better than "OK". A good boat ramp (Maximo Park) is close by. Plenty of parking for boat trailers and tow rigs. There are not many Mom and Pop places left on St. Pete Beach with dockage anymore. Tierra Verde and Isla del Sol are pretty much all townhouses and condos. You better be ready to "jump up off your wallet" if you stay on the Beaches.
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05-13-2014, 02:16 PM
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We have stayed with our boat at the bayside inn and marina in Terra Verde and it was fine. Good dockage and kitchenette rooms. About $130 a night and no need for bilge pumps and bug spray.
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05-14-2014, 02:14 PM
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Cayo Costa option
Snookerd, My Post #18 was what I know about a reasonably priced hotel within a few minutes of Fort Desoto. There are other reasonable priced hotels in the St. Pete/Clearwater area, just not many nearby Fort Desoto - if that is the chosen location. I think the one Ken stayed at before is in Treasure Island which is probably 15 miles north of Ft. Desoto.
As we all know, Fort Desoto is a great campground with an epic boat ramp, but in some recent posts I get a feeling that some of our SeaCraft He-men, after taming the oceans all day, want to find a mint under their pillow at night and not a palmetto bug! (woosies). Plus Don wants a bar that serves drinks with umbrellas in 'em. They'd look funny stick'in out of a Masons Jar. Danny, I think there are many more Mom and Pop places down in the Charlotte Harbor/Pine Island area to investigate for a gathering that would be relatively near Cayo Costa State Park, for those die-hard campers who like to sleep on picnic tables in tropical storms - just for practice! If you haven't voted yet, don't mash the button on your keyboard 'till we get back with 'ya. It's sooooo close!
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