Would you smell this for me?
This was the -.01 low tide on Englewood Beach today about 10am EEWWWW! What. Is. That. Smell? That is the most common reaction to low tide. Your average beach-goer probably could care less if the tide is in or out when they head to the beach. Most folks just want to know is it going to rain? (Hello - It's Florida. It probably will) I have always loved low tide. I even love the smell. (Just so we are on the same page - I am talking about low tide not red tide.) To me that first whiff of salty, muddy, sea-weedy air brings back memories of going cast-netting with my Dad & brothers on Dunedin Causeway. Low tide smells like my PawPaw who was a bridge tender on Clearwater Pass in the 60's & 70's. Whenever I would return home from a road trip, I knew I was getting close as that salty smell blew through the car as I would cross over Tampa bay on the causeway. My Grandpa was the bridge tender on the old Sand Key Bridge on Clearw...