Key West

A nice 4 hour ride on beautiful US 1 to Key West. Gulf on one side and ocean on the other. We're staying at the Navy's Sigsbee RV Park LINK  

Everglades

Fantastic all back roads trip of about 5 hours to the Everglades down Tamiami trail. Neat thing is the alligators in the canal that is aside the road. We stayed overnight in a very nice National Park Service campground in the Big Cypress National Reserve.  LINK. The alligators in the pictures was in the canal near the road. We were one of two rigs that stayed overnight. No alligators came visiting.

Lazy at Lazy Days

Short, 1 hour run to Lazy Days Campground. LINK Lazy Days is a huge RV dealer on the outskirts of Tampa. A very unique thing is that they leave the RV's, new and used, unlocked during the day and let you wander through them without a sales rep. We saw MANY motor homes and got some ideas to add to ours.

Beach

Anne took us to a fantastic beach near St. Petersburg Beach. The beach is located at Pass-a-Grille. Anne and Robin had a great time baking and chatting. Steve sat in the shade and read his Kindle.

Giraffe Feeding (Camels too)

FANTASTIC day at the Giraffe Ranch. LINK Robin says this was the best time she ever had. The owners are very knowledgeable and the husband ran the Zoo in Tampa for decades.


We had a great dinner at Kafe Kokopelli in Dade City, LINK.  The restaurant location used to be the garage of an auto dealership! Note the amazing bar.

Church and Tarpon Springs

Started out at early services at Anne's church, St Mary's Episcopal LINK. The pictures on the website don't do it justice. Robin is getting quite an exposure to different Protestant religions!

Tarpon Springs

Tampa

Today Anne took us into town for a fantastic tour of theTampa Bay History Center Link It is a great history museum with lots of interactive displays of Tampa area history: Indians, cattle, citrus, etc. Really enjoyed this. Afterwards we ate like kings, yet again, at the museum branch of the famous Columbia Restaurant LINK