Quality Inn Tampa

... that we still have a cousin old enough to trick or treat so that we could share in the takings!<br><br> We were almost so busy visiting the various malls and spending the last of our travel budget on the amazing deals USA has to offer on really good clothing, to remember to buy the pumpkins! Luckily some shops still had at the 11th hour and we had a fun (and quite hard work) evening carving them out into cool patterns and faces! <br><br>Another day leading up to halloween was ...

... of our paper euros. All of the change euros that were left were going to Dad for his "coin collection".<br> Our plane was late arriving so they had to finish clearing and cleaning it before we could board. Once they made an announcement that it would be boarding soon, virtually everyone who was going to be on the flight made a big jumbled mess of a line in front of the counter and through half of the terminal. Once the rows that were to board ...

... bed (at least I hope)!<br> So we headed to my parents' house to say goodbye. There we got to meet George, the CUTEST little chihauha (is that spelled right)? He is SO CUTE!! I want to take him home with us when we get back. Mom &amp; Dad are just fostering him, but I told her that I want him when we get home ...

... me of when I flew with United Airlines to Las Vegas last March and I watched not one, not two but three flight attendants cautiously step over the same foot-long piece of toilet paper in clear efforts to avoid stepping on it and having it stick to their shoe. That would mean they&#8217;d have to bend down and pick it up. This of course happened shortly after my friend, who may have been plummeting into a battle with hypothermia because the air ...

Visited Fort San Marcos.,an old Spanish Fort.The guards have Spanish costumes.<br>Some of the walls are made of coquina.(shells and lime)<br>Visited again the Lightner Museum and visited the floor we missed yesterday.<br>Drove to Sun City,Florida.Ate at Sonny's Barbecue restaurant.<br>Stayed at Dr T's house in Sun City,Fla.

... DC and Europe. Melissa, Aviva and Alan hosted Easter dinner for us around a dining room table made Dad made for their mum over 20 years ago. Quite nostalgic given we couldn't be further from home. We had a big final dinner with friends: John and his boyfriend, Guim and Joanna, Gary and Pranav, and Tamra before we left to head south for Virginia and North Carolina. North Carolina was a blast from the past as I went to middle school there, and spent a very happy 18 ...

... favorate is: In Pa, they paint large circles on the pavement at exact intervals with a sign reading "Maintain two circles between vehicles at 60 mph", or something like that. Here, the goal is, your back bumper and the front bumper of the car following you has to be over the same circle. The NTSB investigated that horrible crash on I-4 that involved 70 vehicles and resulted in 4 deaths. They believe it was due to going too fast and following too close. DUH !!

... their attention. Issue the following commands: "Put your hands on your head!" "Touch your toes!" "Do a somersault!" "Put your fingers in your nose!" Laugh hysterically at the last command, to reiterate how important that one is over any of the others. For best results, do not administer sugar until *after* the desired result is achieved at least 2-3 times. Sugar will decrease the attention span, and will almost certainly result in a crying jag at some point ...

... tickets! Five minutes later we were pulling into the Busch Gardens parking lot. It was now 1:00 so it had taken us only an hour and fifteen minutes to get there, including a stop for the bathroom. Not bad at all. I loved the entire Tampa area, or at least what we saw of it. Everything was very bright and airy and I liked how it was all very tropical even though the nearest beach was still a good twenty minutes away. I think I was just ...

... and Sign cards in hand. We were then instructed to wait in the boarding area in a large room with at least 1000 other guests. The room was kept cool and there were plenty of drinks and snacks available if you wanted them. We kept ourselves amused and in no time our group number was called to board the ship.<br> <br>When we made it on board, the first thing I wanted to do was see my ...