Front & Rear of the Marriott Riverside Hotel, Tampa Bay

Freighters abed in Tampa Bay

Fast friends

Photo by Lois Anne.

Rainbow Springs waterfalls

Tampa Bay Times Forum

The Tampa Bay Times Forum was originally named the Ice Palace and was built as a home for the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey team. But the first event was a circus! Down through the years, it has hosted concerts; ice hockey, basketball, and even football games, as well as wrestling and boxing matches, figure skating and rodeos.

This year, following a $35 million renovation, it will serve as the site for the Republican National Convention: August 27 - 30.

Games on Hollywood Beach

Photo by Lois Anne.

Beverly Hills...

...no, it's not THE Beverly Hills. This one is in central Florida. But still...

Va-va-voom!

Shopping with mom at the Oaks Mall in Gainesville, Florida.

Twin towers - Tampa

A grand old southern house - Bronson, Florida

Tampa Bay at night (posterized)

Crash site - Levy County

The Columbia Cafe - Tampa

The Columbia Cafe has been a Tampa tradition since 1905. We tried their lunch menu and the service and food were both excellent. You can read more about Columbia's history here.

Crapo and Yoho

It's election season in the good ol' US of A and our communities are inundated with electioneering signs urging people to vote for specific candidates.

If you go a few miles north of Ocala, to the little towns of High Springs and Newberry, for example, you can vote for Crapo and Yoho.

The famous Eustis heron...

...located on the Eustis, Florida waterfront.

Family fun frolicking in fountain at family park - Tampa

Round the clock view from the Marriott

Daytime view I

Daytime view II

Daytime view III

Nighttime view

Early morning view

Unloading at the Tampa Bay History Center

We watched this truck pull out from under the building and drive away. It was huge. It would take a very skilled driver to be able to back the entire length of the truck into that small opening in the lower section of the history center.

Power plant

Fort Island Trail Park - Homossassa