SPRINGTIME!

On March 1, we left Calvin and the camper at the park and drove to Tampa to pick up friends, two couples from Sun Valley, at the airport for a week in Clearwater Beach.  We had rented a condo close to the beach and nightlife.  We had two beautiful days to relax next to the Gulf waters.  Dan and Kim are our 'water babies' so naturally they spent time in the surf.  For the rest of us, it was nice to just soak up the sun.   Then, dinner at Frenchy's or Crabby Bill's or Palm Pavilion where we were introduced to Rum Runners and Crab Traps...nom nom! 

Tuesday was overcast but it didn't rain on our parade...literally.  We spent the day at a Mardi Gras celebration and parade in nearby Dunedin.  The floats were amazing and every one of them was throwing BEADS!

Bobbi, me, Kim

Dan, Bobbi, Keith and Fred

 

Wednesday, we headed to Clearwater for a Phillies Spring Training game.  Fred and Bobbi are from Philly and huge fans and had enough Philly T-shirts to share with us.  I'm not a big sports fan but it was another 'first' for me and fun day.

Four Philly Phanatics and us!!

The weather turned cloudy and cool for the next two days and sadly I came down with a stomach virus and spent the time resting.  On the sunny side, it was a fun week with good friends.

Do they look like they're feeling my pain??

After dropping our friends off at the airport we drove back to Ga Vets to host on the train one last time before leaving for the season.  We had hoped to spend a few weeks traveling through FL but found that campground reservations were hard to get at the last minute in March.  We were able to get three nights near St Augustine which made me happy because I'd never been there and had heard how nice it was.  We thoroughly enjoyed this town and its history.

 We spent the last week of our winter get-away at Skidaway State Park visiting with Don And Barb and getting the 'lay of the land' for our 2015 stay as camp hosts.