From the Ocala National Forest we
headed to Tampa where we will stay at the Tahitian Inn for a couple
of nights. This hotel is near Danny & Amanda's house where three
of Cindy's grandchildren also reside.
A good time was had by all over the
Thanksgiving holiday with the climax being a soccer game in the local
park; Gram, aka Cindy, was the only casualty with a sprained wrist
which has needed a brace for the past week+.
With the long weekend upon us, we
headed to Silver Springs State Park (SP) where we were lucky to
secure a spot; although the alternate random camping would also have
been acceptable (at least to me). Watched Michigan get blown away by
Ohio State on Saturday; not a good day for “GO Blue.” Sunday was
also disappointing watching the Green Bay Packers lose to their
Minnesota Vikings nemesis which pretty well finished their season
this year. Perhaps the New Orleans Saints will fill the gap when it
comes to the Superbowl.
Replaced our defunct TV on CyberMonday
with a great deal from Target on an LG 24” LED model. The weather
has turned cold (for Florida) and wet as we packed up to return to
Tampa to help Danny with the kids while Amanda had a conference to
attend. Three young children kept everyone on their toes and the
after-school babysitter was a definite plus.
Except for the odd scrap between kids,
it was fun playing with youngsters for a change. Also got to pickup
lots of supplies while they were in preschool/school. Neat seeing
soccer games and playing in the local park again.
After taking Danny out for a Sunday
Birthday breakfast, we headed out on a meandering route towards the
Everglades... Stay tuned for another Blog before the New Year...
Tidbits:
- Thank you Kim for the dinner table picture.
SPOT:
- Tahitian Inn 2018 11 22&23: https://goo.gl/maps/5NCXmk22XcC2
- Silver Springs SP 2018 11 24-26: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=29.19625,-82.03588&ll=29.19625,-82.03588&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1
- The Burke's Tampa 2018 11 27-12 01: https://goo.gl/maps/nf5s3MQDnHN2
Deb
2018-12-09
Looks like you all had a nice time!