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Day T-1, Wednesday January 11 Tampa
I spent most of the day at one of my favorite places in central Florida,
Bok Tower Gardens. Edward Bok immigrated to the US from Holland at age
6. After a very successful career he established a sanctuary in Lake
Wales in 1929 as a gift to his adopted country. The gardens sit on one
of the highest points on the Florida Peninsula. While the gardens are
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The Three "P's"
... have read that the lines to enter are very long. We’ll decide on this later.
Don and I have the weather sites for Singapore, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, and Hong Kong set up on his IPhone and my IPad so we can track the weather as the time gets nearer. Our plan is to pack on the 26th since we have an early morning pick-up on Friday, the 27th. We have 18 more days and a ‘wake-up.’ Next entry will be while we are en route.
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Traveled up the Gulf Coast!
Today we went to Myakka State Park and walk some trails and climbed up a Tower above the Canopy of Palm Trees. The view was spectacular!! After walking the park we left and drove through Sarasota over the bridge and up through Anna Maria Island. It was a full day of traveling and enjoying the views of the Gulf Coast...such a beautiful ...
January 3
Sat.jan 2 2OI2: I woke up on the couch,(as usual.) And checked the clock: 5:30.I got ticky cause coconut and dude were making a lot of creepy noises. after about half an hour I're decided I'd had enough.a few minutes later I was reading“the adventures of tintin“. for 30 minutes. To be ...
God's waiting room
... trip started well with an upgrade to first class from United Airlines. I arrived late at Tampa International Airport, and when May pulled over to pick me up, it sure didn't seems that long we last saw each other.
The drive from the airport to Gulfport is about 45 minutes. A suburb of St Petersburg, Gulfport has a few name changes between 1884 and 1910 before it finally got its official name. As May turned the street toward her house, I realized that most houses are ...


