Tampa
Travel Blogs from Tampa, United States
DeSoto and the drive home
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
... 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!
... 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!
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 ...
No Time To Waste
Our aim was to get to New Orleans as quickly and safely as possible. So we filled up the gas tank and cruised onwards and upwards. We knew that inevitably we'd miss places along the way. The plan was only to stop for breaks and to sleep, by which point ...
Airports and Airplanes
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 ...
Conclusion: Into the Wild
... me a good time and letting me crash at your sweet little beach house. Folly is lucky to have y'all. Please come down to Tampa soooon! Linda & Elle - I have gotten to see y'all twice in the last year which is more than I have seen y'all in the ...
the trip home
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 ...
Deal or no deal?
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 ...
Itinerary
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
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!
... 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)
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!
... 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 ...
Last Day of School
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
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 ...
Tampa mini-vaca
... 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
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 ...
Tentative Itinerary - Subject to change!!!
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 ...
USF
Spent some of my MANY college years here from 1989 to 1996. Many happy memories. More as time goes on. ...
Starting Point - Tampa,Florida
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 ...
A drive on the wild side - not...
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 ...
Thank You, Busch Gardens!
This morning I had to choose between continuing my drive down to the Everglades National Park or spending the day at Busch Gardens and driving south in the evening. I chose to stop at Busch Gardens because it had been a long time since I'd been to ...
A little piece of paradise
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 ...
Chillin' on the Beach
... well worth 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 ...
The Journey Begins
... all I need, the thought crosses my mind that I may have packed too much. Who needs clothes? I enter the Tampa Airport energized. I meet with my professors Dr. Piper and Dr. Toro and the rest of the group armed with pillows and some ...


