Entrance to Crown Club
Dining Room
Lounge area
One of many "waiting rooms"
Crown Club pool
LazyDays service area. This is just one section
of coaches waiting for delivery or service.
Our little coach in the bay getting service. Ours is one
of the smallest coaches.
On Sunday we drove to Ocala (about 90 miles north) to visit with friends Tom and Sue, who we met last year RVing. We had lunch then spent a few hours at Silver Springs. Silver Springs is a nature theme park surrounding a natural spring that pumps out 550 million gallons of sparkling, clear water a day. We rode the glass bottom boats which offer a view of the underwater life in the 99.8% pure waters, at a constant 72 degrees of the Silver River. At times you can view alligators, turtles, heron etc. The riverbanks are lined with towering bald cypress trees some more than 500 years old. In one section it carries you through an area reproduction from its 10,000 year history, with displays of a working archaeological dig site, Indian village, army stockade and train depot. We enjoyed the attraction and visiting with Tom & Sue again.
Silver Springs
Glass Bottom Boat
A view down the river from the boat
Macaws
Heron
Flamingos
Anhinga drying its wings. These birds can dive 7 times
and then they have to dry their wings or the accumulation
of water will cause them to drown.
Just taking a nap!
Up close of alligator...not a pretty species.
Albino alligators.
Albino snakes. Yuk!!
I didn't stick around long enough
to get the name of the species.
Always nice to be with friends who like to
stop for an ice cream cone on a warm day!
We spent a day at Ybor Centre which is the original historic district of Tampa. It use to be the largest cigar manufacturing area and still has a few family owned businesses. There are a few stores and mostly restaurant and bars, which start hopping in the evening. We also spent a few hours soaking up the sun on Davis Island located in downtown Tampa.
Davis Island on the Port of Tampa
Marina at Davis Island
Other than that, we have stayed close to the coach to be sure the work gets done the way we want and timely. You know the "squeeky wheel" theory! But we are anxious to continue our tour of Florida and to be settled for Thanksgiving.
Hope all is well!
