Forward To Tampa

Here is a picture of our rig for those of you who may be wondering what we are living in and the Jeep we are towing.

After Ocala, we headed to Tampa about mid-afternoon. I had called ahead to Bay Bayou RV Resort to secure a site for the next six days. The wind was blowing at 25 mph. Mel said that if we hadn't been so close to Tampa that we would have pulled over for the night. Our ride into the Tampa area was harrowing, plus we got lost trying to find the campsite. So we arrived quite exhausted and a little dizzy from the effects of the wind blowing us around.

After a nice rest, we traveled to my sister's just to say hello and visit for a while. Once back to the campsite, Mel was so happy just to be planted for a while.

We slept in on Wednesday, November 23rd. Once ready to go, I checked the AMC website so we could find a movie close by. Not too far away, in Oldsmar, FL, I found the Woodlands AMC 20. We saw "The Ice Harvest" that was a crime comedy with John Cusack & Billy Bob Thornton. The theater was very nice as is the neighborhood that we are living in. It's feeling homey to us.

After the movie, we found an automatic car wash. The poor Jeep was totally filthy from the two days of rain. The sand and mud were like glue. After the car wash, we found a hand car wash, since the car didn't look much different. The Jeep looks much better now but Mel intends to wax it before the next rain. So the car had $21.00 worth of washes in ten minutes. Ouch!

In the evening, we joined my sister, Carol, my brother-in-law, Bill, and their family for a ham dinner. It was great having a home-cooked meal with my nephews, Chip (Bill) & Chuck, and niece, Susan and her three boys, Connor (12), Will (10) and John (8). Later, in the evening, Susan's husband, Reid, joined us from his day of business in Fort Myers, FL.

Mel enjoyed his phone call to the Car Night guys, who had gathered at Jimmy's. He wants to know after years of pizza on Car Night how is it that Ronny was makin pepper & egg sandwiches. He feels the guys waited until he was out of town and then everything changes. "Don't cry for Mel, Argentina!"