TAMPA DOWNTOWN SKYLINE AT NIGHT BEAUTIFUL |
WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SITE AT TAMPA'S BAY BAYOU RV RESORT |
WE HAD SO MUCH ROOM AT OUR SITE IN TAMPA -ROOM FOR TRUCK UNDER COVER AND CAR AND MORE |
THE BEACH AT HONEYMOON ISLAND WAS INCREDIBLE |
SARA VISITS WITH HER SISTER MARY AT HONEYMOON BEACH |
CHARLIE THE BEACH BUM DOG |
WANT TO PLAY CHARLIE DOES.......... |
SARA'S SISTER MARY AND HER HUSBAND DICK AT THE BEACH |
CLEARWATER BEACH IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD AND NOT CROWDED |
HARBOR AT CLEARWATER |
THIS BROWN PELICAN SEEMED TO OWN THE DOCK AT CLEARWATER |
ANOTHER DAY AT THE BEACH AT CLEARWATER.........WE HAD THE PLACE TO OURSELVES |
THESE ARE BEACHES THAT ARE SIMPLY HARD TO BEAT |
SARA IS GETTING CHARLIE OUT OF HIS BOX FOR THE BEACH |
SHEEPHEAD FISHING AT ST PETERSBURG........GREAT EATING |
PROUD FISHERPERSON AT THE PIER AT ST PETERSBURG |
THE FAMOUS DON CESAR HOTEL......... |
DON'S RED SNAPPER ON THE GRILL WAS GREAT....... |
SARA BOARDS THE TROLLEY TO TOUR DOWNTOWN TAMPA |
THE CONDUCTOR WAS ABIT GRUMPY FOR US |
DOWNTOWN TAMPA AND THE CONVENTION CENTER AREA |
WE DID THE SHOPS OF HYDE PARK BUT COULDN'T AFFORD ANYTHING |
CHARLIE WOULD HAVE LOVED THIS $230 BUGGY |
THE MAIN DRAG AT YBOR CITY |
CHARLIE ON THE WAY TO THE KENNEL AT BUSCH GARDENS |
CHARLIE GETS CHECKED IN AND HE DIDN'T LIKE IT |
GREETER AT BUSCH GARDENS |
ENTRANCE TO BUSCH GARDENS......THOUSANDS MOVE IN AND OUT WITH EASE |
THIS IS THE TRAIN WE USED TO GET AROUND IN THE PARK |
THE HOSPITALITY HOUSE SERVED FREE BEER AND IT WASN'T MILLER LITE |
THIS BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY WAS NEAR THE HOSPITALITY HOUSE |
THE OVERHEAD TRAM HAD A GREAT VIEW OF THE PARK |
SO MUCH WILDLIFE TO SEE AT THE PARK |
SARA LOVED THE MAMA APE AND HER BABY |
SARA WANTED TO BUY THIS PUPPET MONKEY FOR CHARLIE YEAH RIGHT HOW LONG WOULD IT LAST |
DADDY APE SEEMED BORED AND ALOOF....... |
THE BIRDS OF BUSCH GARDENS ARE BEAUTIFUL |
THIS WAS THE FAMOUS BIRD SHOW WE LOVED IT |
THIS CRANE TOOK A LIKING TO SARA'S HAIR DURING THE BIRD SHOW |
THE PARROTS WERE SO COLORFUL AND LOUD |
A WOOD DUCK IN ALL ITS SPLENDOR |
DAD TRIED RIBS AND THEY WERE GREAT |
SARA EATING A GROSS FUNNEL CAKE........FRIED CAKE DOUGH YUCK BUT NO CALORIES..... |
ONE OF THE ROLLER COASTERS OVER 100 FT DROP AT 75 MILES AN HOUR NO THANKS |
HEADING FOR THE WATER |
GET NEAR AND YOU GET WET |
SARA WANTED A TIGER.............RIGHT..... |
THIS WAS THE THEATRE FOR MOST OF THE TOP SHOWS |
HERMAN'S HERMITS HAD THEIR OWN "LATE" MIDDLE AGED FAN CLUB- THE LADIES FOLLOW HIM EVERYWHERE |
REMEMBER "REMEMBER I'M HENRY THE 8TH I AM, HENRY THE 8TH I AM" |
TOOLEY WAS SORT OF "SEXY" IN AN OLD SORT OF WAY |
THIS WAS THE CONTROL PANEL FOR THE SHOWS |
HERMAN WAS GREAT.........REALLY |
SARA AND I HAD A BET THAT THIS GUY COULDN'T EAT THIS WHOLE TURKEY LEG HE DID!!!! |
OLD SONGS TRIGGERED "YOUNG LOVE" FOR MANY |
SARA LOVED THE FOUR ACES THE MOST-REMEMBER THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN |
ALL FOUR OF THE ACES |
THE FOUR ACES WERE GREAT |
GARY PUCKETT AND THE UNION GAP WAS THE LAST SHOW WE SAW AT BUSCH GARDENS |
THE RIVERDANCE SHOW GOT A STANDING OVATION |
ON EAGLES WINGS WAS SO WELL DONE |
THE SEAFOOD WAS WONDERFUL AT TARPON SPRINGS |
THE BEST GYROS WE HAVE EVER HAD IN OUR LIVES WAS HERE AT HELLAS |
AN EARLY SPONGE BOAT AT TARPON SPRINGS NOW ON DISPLAY |
PUPPETS FOR SALE AT TARPON SPRINGS |
THIS WAS THE MAIN ST AT SPONGE DOCK TARPON SPRINGS |
ONE OF THE MANY TOUR BOAT AT TARPON SPRINGS |
A TRIBUTE TO THE SPONGE DIVERS LOST AT SEA |
A VIEW FROM THE BOARDWALK AT LETTUCE LAKE |
SARA CHECKED OUT A WARBLER AT LETTUCE LAKE |
WANT A WONDERFUL BOARDWALK-ONE OF THE BEST WE HAVE EVER WALKED |
THE CYPRESS TREES WERE UNBELIEVABLE |
THE ROSEATED SPOON BILLS AT LETTUCE LAKE WERE SO COLORFUL-NOTE THE TAGS ON LEGS |
SARA TRADED NOTES WITH A FELLOW BIRD WATCHER |
WE CHECKED OUT THE NATURE CENTER AS WE LEFT LETTUCE LAKE |