Saturday, March 17, 2018

Leaving Florida


We stayed six nights in Seffner, near Tampa, visiting family and friends. Last Saturday we spent the day at my sister Cathy’s new home helping her unpack and putting things back together. Her new townhome is very nice, 3 bedrooms and 2 ½ baths, and a double car garage.

We spent last weekend resting as I caught a nasty bug, I think while at Disney World. Sore throat, coughing, congestion. Two trips to the MedExpress and two different doctor diagnoses. I believe Julie was right…that I had a “bad cold”. The second doctor diagnosed acute bronchitis and finally prescribed medications to clear it up.

Julie visited her Aunt Jo last Tuesday. We enjoyed dinner with our friends Carol & Mike at the Columbia Restaurant in historic Ybor City. We especially enjoy the Sangria de Cava, a sparkling white sangria made tableside.        

On Wednesday an old friend Bill stopped by the Lazy Days RV Resort to see us and we enjoyed hearing about his downsizing from a large house to a villa in preparation to retire.

We left Seffner on Thursday morning and drove up to Tallahassee to spend a night on the road. In the RV park I met a couple across the road from us. From Poland, Mark & Tina had an interesting RV. They told me they had already travelled to Africa and Australia. They planned to travel around the USA for a year, including a trip to Alaska this summer, before they head to South America. Mark showed me photos of when they got stuck in the mud in Australia and they were 300km (about 180-miles) to the nearest town. They had to be winched out by another big truck.  

We enjoyed the warm weather while in Florida, mostly in the 80s during the day. We ran into rain and cooler temperatures when we travelled to Alabama and Mississippi.

We enjoyed dinner here in Biloxi with our friends Paul & Darlene at Patio 44. It was very good, especially dessert, the chocolate-filled beignets in a special bourbon sauce.

We head to New Orleans on Monday morning for a 5-night stay.  

Steve & Julie Cornelius

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