Stars, stripes and sand castles

By Mallory Gnaegy
| 4:00 a.m. July 18, 2012

Longboat Key
Neighbors

For the past 40 years, John and Bernie Kindt have been visiting Longboat Key from Ohio. They brought their children, who brought their children, and it’s been that way since the youngest generation can remember. On July 4, three generations spent eight hours building a patriotic sand castle at Covert II, where the families were staying.