Last Day at MacDill

KC 135 This is what we see fly around here
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Driving up Bayshsore Drive
Homes along Bayshore Drive


Coming through Tampa
Tampa Bay
Buildings in Tampa
Carnival Cruise Ship in Tampa Bay
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A new sign at the office here at our RV Park
See the little crab!
Lou caught one - Notice the one large claw

March 24th Saturday - Cloudy 87 degrees

Today is our last day here at MacDill, so we decided we would take a quick drive up to Plant City and pick up another flat of strawberries, Lou thinks we can keep them fresh and bring them back home. I have expressed my doubts, but will give it a try. Needless to say our refrigerator is full. They are very ripe, so I have a feeling we will be eating lots of berries on our way home.

We had to make a stop at Steak and Shake to have our annual "fix" and was it delicious. Lou even splurged and had onion rings with his burger and he had a heath milkshake, I had my favorite strawberry milkshake.

We took the scenic route coming back through Tampa and up Bayshore Drive, so I snapped some pictures to share with you. I love the drive that way, as we drive along the water and you can see St. Petersburg on one side and the beautiful homes on the other side, this is where our favorite restaurant the Colonnade is located and we didn't get out there this year. Something to do next year. Note: Tampa is the location of the Republican convention in August and plans are already being made.

When we got back we decided we would start dismantling everything getting ready for the departure tomorrow morning. I had noticed a carter key coming out of the awning yesterday and brought it to Lou's attention today so our neighbor climbed up on our roof and looked at it and was able to get it back into position, but he thinks the arm is not at steady as it should be, so want to have that checked when we get back home. Notice Lou didn't climb the ladder to the roof, I caught Lou on the roof the day before and was upset with him for not at least telling me he was going up so I would be aware of it, so at least this time, we talked about it and our neighbor heard us and said he would check it for us. Lou and he have become pretty good buddies. He is a retired Marine,disabled but I don't know the details, very young with a 40 foot Fleetwood with every extra you can think of. A show piece that we have all enjoyed seeing.

We are supposed to have rain again tonight, so trying to get as much done this afternoon as possible so we will be ready to pull out in the am. Many of our friends will be leaving tomorrow also. This will be our last post for some time, as our next few stop will not have internet service. Once again we plan to be home for Easter.