Another Apartment Inspection

We still had one apartment to inspect.  When we are at the mission office, we pick up apartment keys for a group of apartments.  There is a "backup" key for each apartment in the office.  Obviously, we try to look at a group of apartments that are located near each other.  Near is a relative term because it takes us much longer to drive between apartments that to actually inspect the apartments.

The apartment that we inspected today is located in Gulfport which is in the St. Petersburg area.  I would describe Gulfport as economically challenged, and the local unit is a branch.  The missionaries' apartment is half of a duplex and the building is probably the nicest in the area.  Fortunately, the Elders living there are maintaining it well.

The Gulfport Branch  has a very nice, purpose built facility.  From what I have seen of Gulfport, it is the nicest building in the city.

Whenever we drive to or through St. Petersburg, we drive over the Skyway Bridge.  The toll for the bridge is $1.25.  However, we purchased an electronic sticker for our car that is automatically scanned when we drive through the toll booth and is charged to our credit card.  We save $.10 from the normal toll, and we don't have to stop to pay the toll.  According to the GPS device in our car, the elevation at the top of the bridge is 214 feet above sea level.  The clearance under the bridge for ships is 190 feet.  The cruise ships that come to Tampa apparently need all of this clearance.  The total span of the bridge across the mouth of Tampa Bay is a little over 4 miles.

The Skyway Bridge between Bradenton and St. Petersburg.

The central part of the bridge and the supporting cables.