Arizona/Florida Trip - Day 34

We met my sister Eileen, her friend Linda and Eileen’s daughter Amy at the game today.  We joined them for a portion of the game in the section below us where they had their seats. They had two extra tickets that had been reserved for friends that couldn’t attend at the last minute.  While sitting there and talking to an extended family from PA in adjoining seats, I discovered that one of them attended the same high school as Judy and I, graduating in 1959, two years after we did.  Also, the other day I was talking to a lady in a seat next to us who lives in Philadelphia but used to live in Forest Hill, near Auburn, CA.  It’s a small world.

After the game we all went out to dinner.   We decided to go back to the Columbia Restaurant south of Clearwater Beach.  With some apprehension, we headed towards the beach.  There was the “getting out of the ballpark” traffic, rush hour, spring break congestion, Friday night traffic and a lot of other people also going to the beach – a perfect storm!  It took over an hour to get out of the ball park and travel the 7 miles to the restaurant.  Luckily, we had made our reservation with a comfortable cushion in anticipation of potential delays.  In retrospect, it was a wise move as we got there just before our reservation time.  We had another great dinner on the patio and made it back to the RV a lot quicker than it took to drive over there.

More sightseeing tomorrow.  We are going over to Tampa to view a manatee sanctuary near a power plant discharge pond (they like warm water).  After that, we are going to attend “The Mayor’s River O’Green Fest”.  The Hillsborough River is dyed green for the day near a city park where the fest is held with food trucks, Irish faire and live entertainment, etc.  Sounds like fun.

Day 34 Pictures