Tampa, United States Travel Blogs

DeSoto and the drive home
Jul 26, 2007 (5 photos)

I drove about 30 minutes southwest to Bradenton, Florida where I visited De Soto National Memorial.  The site commemorates when Hernando De Soto landed here in May 1539 in search of riches for Spain.   ...

R 'n R in Florida
Sep 9, 2006 (9 photos)

... Thing is, like everything he does, he's really really good at being Mr. Mom. Anyway, if you need a photographer in the Tampa region of Florida (or anywhere, he will travel ;-), call him. www.ryankmorris.com This is not the most flattering photo of ...

There's something crunchy in my chewing gum!
Apr 11, 2007 (2 photos)

... b.tts in the air, searching for shells. We did not. We just went for a very nice lunch: shrimp bisque. Then we went to Tampa and found ourselves a cheap and cheerful hotel. On the way, chewing gum, I admit, I bit on something hard, which turned out to ...

Losing passports: its my hobby!
Apr 13, 2007 (9 photos)

We wake up and ... the sun shines! All the bad forecasts vanished. We go and book a dive for tomorrow first and to our surprise: the man in the diving shop is not enthusiastic about the diving himself: cold and low visibility: no THANKS. Getting back ...

Day 12: In the Jungle, the Mighty Jungle...
Aug 2, 2006 (213 photos)

... neither Mike nor I really remembered it.  We definitely wanted to check it out again, though, after having such a great time in Tampa.  Mike had a bad headache from the mix of extreme heat and rides and I was pretty tired, so for most of the ride ...

Airports and Airplanes
Dec 19, 2005 (3 photos)

Hatsfield Int. Airport, Atlanta Bored out of my mind. Cant focus on reading? not hungry enough to eat, dolt feel like spending a lot of money on alcohol. I am at the gate and have about and hour left till departure to Madrid. It hope I can sleep on ...

Off to Germany
Jul 15, 2006

Running around today packing. I have to catch my flight by 2p.

the trip home
Oct 30, 2008

After a emotional sendoff. I rode in the van to Tampa to fly out to Atlanta. We got to Tampa at 12:30 and my flight did not leave until 4:20. then I got to Atlanta at 5;30 and my next flight left at 9:30. I must admit I kept thinking about the wonderful ...

The Journey Begins-
May 1, 2009

The trip started with a stop to get carpet made for the front of the RV.

Deal or no deal?
Aug 24, 2008 (21 photos)

Happy Anniversary L&N for yesterday :) Well if you ever doubted how big 'rving' is over here, just take a glance at some of the photos in this entry. It's certainly big at this location. Here at the Lazy Days complex not only is there a 300 pad ...

Peace Corps application timeline
Feb 7, 2008

I decided sometime this week to apply for the Peace Corps. I have read blogs that include an application time-line some of them seem to take forever and some are fairly smooth. I hope I have the latter experience. Here it goes! Feb 7, 2008: ...

Itinerary
Jan 2, 2009

Nassau, Bahamas: Jan 15 - 19 Cadiz, Spain:  January 28 - Feb 01 Casablanca, Morocco: Feb 2 - 5 Walvis Bay, Namibia: Feb 14 - 16 Cape Town, South Africa: Feb 18 - 22 Port Louis, Mauritius: Feb 27 Chennai, India: March 5 - 9 Bangkok, ...

Roller Coaster
Mar 19, 2007

Lisa here!  Sunday was quite a day -- Cheryl took her first flying lesson in Tampa. A crystal blue sky absorbed her tiny Cessna as it pulled upward with a engine sounding more like a lawn mower than something capable of defying gravity! We ...

Tampa Bay!
Mar 16, 2009 (13 photos)

... found a pub called Hattricks and had a few beers there. Maybe we just didn't know where to go but walking around downtown Tampa on a saturday night was like walking through a ghost town.  Sunday night was the Britney Spears concert and it was amazing! We ...

I'm off! ( Or should I say We're Off)
Feb 11, 2009 (5 photos)

Alright everyone we'll if you look at the time of this entry...you can see that I'm still running around doing last minute errands. To give everyone a quick update my friend Henry has decided to tag along with me on this adventure. We land tom. in ...

The Journey Begins!
Mar 23, 2009 (3 photos)

... how that goes, as I'm already thinking I could have packed lighter, or loosened up about checking ;) My Southwest flight out of Tampa departed at noon, about 30 minutes after Eric's flight so he could head back to Michigan. We had a great weekend with ...

Last Day of School
Jan 14, 2009 (1 photos)

Today was my last day of school.  It was fun but I had to say ''bye'' to all of my school friends but I am still really exicted.  I also started packing today but then stopped, not knowing exactly what to pack. Now I just want to go to ...

Florida sunshine
Mar 14, 2008

Leaving the great city of Chicago with a plane load of happy people, left me with a happy smile on my face also. We were leaving the cold days of winter for sunny and warm Florida. I was the last passenger to board and that also left me lucky and ...

Sailing out of Tampa
Apr 26, 2009

We are sailing off -literally-into unknown territory on this lifestyle cruise....Some work, and mostly fun! Not sure how much internet we will get on the ship since we've looked it up and its pricey, might have to wait for ports and internet cafes, but ...

Travel
Sep 9, 2007

  

Tampa mini-vaca
Oct 22, 2004 (4 photos)

... were no $30 dollar rooms left. I settled for the $50 room and spent the night. 18 Oct 2004 I left this morning for Tampa to meet Christine, Toni and Stefan at the condo. I got good directions from Christine's father-in-law, and made it to the ...

Earnestly packing
Jan 6, 2009 (2 photos)

We went to Wal-Mart for toiletries...spent $320.   That's a lot of soap.  And we now have our malaria medicine...mefloquine has reported side effects of nausea, difficulty sleeping, and bad dreams.  People occasionally experince ...

Departure
Jul 30, 2004

Departure from Tampa to Beijing

Tentative Itinerary - Subject to change!!!
Jun 15, 2007

Well, it is almost time to start the fabulous journey!  We will be heading to Seattle for Deidre's birthday celebration for one week, then the world travel will start.  Here is a general itinerary of where we plan to go - although recall that ...

Starting Point - Tampa,Florida
Mar 17, 2007

CHERYL's entry - I just left my job of 16 years to prepare for this adventure!  Tampa will be where it all starts.  We are just planning right now - although we are trying not to plan it too much.  I want the experience to be great ...

A drive on the wild side - not...
Aug 26, 2008 (8 photos)

OK, so we stay in Florida for just one more day. This one is very important though - Betsy gets to drive a motorhome!!! Notice I said a motorhome not our motorhome, LazyDays offer a driving course, so while we are here it would be rude not to take it. I ...

Flight to Tampa
Apr 13, 2009

We flew into Tampa, rented a  Mustang convertible, and started on our Florida road trip.  It felt good to feel the freedom of the open road with the top down.

A little piece of paradise
Aug 7, 2007

We flew into Orlando, picked up a rental car and drove to Tampa to meet up with Christina, John, Anthony & Isabella.  We went for a boat ride & discovered the paradise that they had in their backyard...  we stopped at a little island with ...

Chillin' on the Beach
Aug 25, 2006 (10 photos)

... it though because the beach is so deserted during the week it feels like you have it all to yourself. Also while in Tampa Alex spontaneously decide to get a new tattoo on his arm. I thought he was joking at first but realized he was actually ...

The Journey Begins
May 6, 2007

... friendly faces. I immediately struck up conversations and was comforted by their humorous stories from trips past. *Overhead speaker blares* Tampa to Berlin... Boarding in an hour.....     It was time to part.... I had to leave Jon ...