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By Alan Silverstein, ajs@frii.com (page updated Sun Mar 9 14:33:54 MDT 2025)

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Again 2 days later (Dec 14) I took off for another solo "fun day" -- 5.2 miles and nearly 5 hours round-trip walking up and down from Clearwater Beach into Caladesi Island state park, with gorgeous weather for it -- light breezes, 70s, and mostly cloudy so not too much glare.

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