Cyclists and pedestrians descend the Park Street North bridge on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, while exercising on the Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail in St. Petersburg. Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail, the 54-mile linear park that extends from St. Petersburg to Tarpon Springs and then to East Lake. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times An ibis feeds on an oyster bed in Boca Ciega Bay off the Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail at the Cross Bayou Bridge on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, in St. Petersburg. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times Jacqueline Lindley, 10, center, and sisters Savannah Lindley, 6, left, and Caroline Lindley, 8, right, ride their bikes home from school on the Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times A sign marks the Seminole area section of the Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail, the 54-mile linear park that extends from St. Petersburg to Tarpon Springs and then to East Lake. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times Jacqueline Lindley, 10, left, offers a sample of her chocolate sundae to her sister, Caroline Lindley, 8, while taking a break from a ride home from school on the Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail with sister Savannah Lindley, 6, and father Mark Lindley, on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, at Lane's Lemonade in downtown Dunedin. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times This gallery continues below...
Rick Berkley, 75, of Seminole, crosses the Cross Bayou Bridge over Boca Ciega Bay on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, while en route to a nearby produce stand while traveling on the Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail in St. Petersburg. Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail, the 54-mile linear park that extends from St. Petersburg to Tarpon Springs and then to East Lake. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times John Smith, left, his wife Nicole Smith, center, Jane Smith, 3, and John Smith, Jr., 2, (all) of Tampa, enjoy a walk on the Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, in downtown Dunedin. Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail, the 54-mile linear park that extends from St. Petersburg to Tarpon Springs and then to East Lake. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times Gulf War veteran Marco Santiago, 51, of St. Petersburg, runs across the Cross Bayou Bridge over Boca Ciega Bay on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, while exercising on the Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail in St. Petersburg. Santiago, who runs 15 miles each day on the trail, said he uses the exercise to keep his PTSD under control. "This is my peace," Santiago said. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times Jonathan Skinner, a Pinellas County park ranger, patrols a section of the Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail at the Cross Bayou Bridge on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, in St. Petersburg. Skinner said he is honored to work on the trail which was built on the same land used by the Orange Belt Railway which Skinner's great grandfather and great uncle used to transport citrus out of Pinellas County in the late 1800s. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times A sign marks a section of the Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, in Seminole. Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail, the 54-mile linear park that extends from St. Petersburg to Tarpon Springs and then to East Lake. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times