DUNEDIN, FL – The days are quickly passing when we look at our calendar and realize we’ve been away from home nearly a month now, but the sense of leisure and fine weather here, on the other hand, make time for us seem to stretch lazily like a cat about to curl up for a nap.
On Saturday, the boys went off in one vehicle and the girls in another, headed for different shopping destinations. The huge number of malls and big box stores around here are a shopper’s paradise, and when you can nab bargains of 70 per cent off, it only adds to the thrill of the chase. It’s a good thing our motorhome has very limited storage space. It keeps me from overindulging! But, since John and Fawn have a lot of things to get for their enlarged living space with the new trailer, I can satisfy my cravings vicariously, with no threat to the pocketbook or our compact lifestyle, by just tagging along.
Our plan for Sunday afternoon was to figure out the route to Tampa International Airport – by daylight, because on Thursday it will be after dark when we will be heading there for real to pick up Mum, who is coming to spend a week with us. The RV park has the Blue Moon Inn, a lovely little hotel, just two minutes’ walk away from our site, where Mum will be able to stay, so the set-up is ideal.
It was Val’s idea to do a “recce” on the airport, and a very good one at that. The general approach from here is fairly straightforward, but once you’re actually there, the roads curve around and under each other with signs pointing in all directions that you have to read before you’ve passed them, and in broad daylight that’s challenging enough, but doing it after dark would be really stressful. The airport itself is quite attractive, with nice landscaping and pools with fountains outside, and wide carpeted shopping and restaurant levels inside. We were able to figure out where to park and how to get to the baggage level so on Thursday night we’ll be calm and collected.
We got back to the RV park in time for a nice barbequed pork chop supper, and shortly after that we were regaled with a spectacular sunset – at first the sky was a pinky lavender, and it melted into great streaks of orange and purple as dusk set in. We are so close to the shore that it will be worthwhile to stroll over one evening and get the full impact of a flaming sunset against a watery horizon.
Since we were not great Super Bowl fans, Val and I decided to see a movie last night. We went to see The Artist, a black-and-white movie about the silent movie era that was very well done. We had no trouble getting tickets or finding a place to sit in the theatre, let’s put it that way.
Tonight is hot dogs and Bingo night at the rec hall, so I’ll try my luck once again at the prizes. I think the big one is $250, so that would be nice! I still get a kick out of the players with their little mascots and whistles and cute bingo dabber tote bags. Wish me luck.
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