More Fun In Florida

Thursday Cindy picked me up so we could do a “girls” day. We went to a store called the Old Time Pottery in Port Richey. It is a lot like a Hobby Lobby with a the addition of lawn and garden furniture and some kitchen appliances. I admired a cute lighted Flamingo yard ornament. Cindy surprised me by purchasing it for my birthday. So nice! On the way back we stopped at Olive Garden for lunch. It was great spending some time with one of my best friends!

Fred the flamingo

Friday - temps: High 83º, Low 55º

Dennis and I have both been trying to get in some exercise every morning. He usually runs and I walk, bike or do a class at the clubhouse. Unfortunately the gal that usually sets up the videos at the clubhouse got sick and has not been able to do it anymore. In fact she will be heading home to Canada on Saturday. We got up early to get our exercise in because we planned to pick up Gary and Cindy today to go down to Tarpon Springs to hop on the Jolley Trolley. This Trolley takes you from Tarpon Springs down to Clearwater. You then transfer to another trolley that goes to Clearwater Beach. It is a nice relaxing way to get to Clearwater Beach and you do not have to worry about parking which is expensive and hard to find.

At 11:00 we got on the south bound trolley at the Tarpon Springs SpongeDock. It was about an hour ride to Clearwater with the Trolley making multiple stops along the way. Once at the beach we ate lunch at Frenchy's Rockaway Grill and then strolled on the beach. Then we got back on the trolley and headed back to Tarpon Springs. We drove through Dunedin which I would not mind going back to as it looked like there were a lot of interesting shops. Back at Tarpon Springs we took the trolley to the west end of Sponge Dock and walked past the shops on the dock and back to our truck parked at the east end.

Cindy and Gary enjoying the view in the trolley

Smile Everyone!

On the beach

Yummy Greek pastries!

Saturday - temps: High 83º, Low 58º

Today we went to Brooksville to visit an Art in the Park event. Brooksville is around a half hour drive from our park. It was a very nice art show similar to the JMKA event in Sheboygan with a lot of very nice art work. I purchased a bracelet. One vendor was selling exotic pitcher plants. Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants which have modified leaves known as pitfall traps—a prey-trapping mechanism featuring a deep cavity filled with digestive fluid. They trap insects and absorb them for food. We thought it would be a good addition to our camper to get rid of any flying insects inside. Only time will tell!

Saturday night we attended the dance at the clubhouse. We had a good time and spent most of the evening talking to our friends Suzanne and Frank.

Pete the Pitcher Plant

Sunday - temps: High 80º, Low 58º

We both took a break from our usual morning exercise. However in order to get some steps in we took a walk around the park after breakfast. Our time here is getting short and we wanted to visit the Lazy Days RV in Tampa so we decided to take a trip there today. It is located at the intersection of I-75 and I-4 near Tampa. They were having a Spring Ahead sale and had free hot dogs and soda. Nice! The place was huge and we spent the good part of 3 hours walking around and checking out all the different campers and RVs. They have everything from small trailers all the way up to $300,000 plus motor homes. We are not in the market for anything but it was fun looking!