July 4th Boat Races

The Suncoast Offshore boat race was held on Sunday July 1st off the coast of Sarasota. The Suncoast Offshore Grand Prix Festival is one of Sarasota's largest events annually attracting hundreds of thousands of people to Sarasota.

The family and I dodged rain and lightning bolts the Friday night before the boat races to see the parade in downtown Sarasota. My boys loved seeing all of the big boats.

We spent the 4th of July up in St. Petersburg beach at a friends house on the water. Our friends have a great weekend home up there sitting right on the open bay. We took our jet ski up with us and had a blast.