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Saturday, December 01, 2018
Tampa, Florida, United States
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.
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Deb
2018-12-09

Looks like you all had a nice time!

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