Hi! My writings are done in days of 3. I guess we have slowed down a bit.
A mosquito in here, Help!
Sun. and Mon. Sunday we made a dry run to 701 Channelside Drive, Tampa.
(more on that Tues.)
Mon. I walked to the Post Office.
We made phone calls, cleaned up the RV a bit and did very little.
Tuesday. the 24th.
Ernie drove to 701 Channelside Drive, Tampa. We parked in next door to the cruise parking garage (same building, opposite ends) and went over to the Aquarium and stood by the statue of a manta ray until the man came to tell us what to do.
sign in and follow the young lady. We did, right down to the dock and got on a Port Authority boat. Took a cruise around the Tampa Harbor. About one and a half hours. neat trip.
We saw where they grind up metal(cars, washing machines, tools, what have you.
Makes a big, big pile of chips. Saw various types of boats. One that delivers orange juice from Brazil to Florida to mix with Florida juice. A gentleman in this park told me he delivered some of that Brazil juice from Florida to California by truck. Never new my oj traveled so far. A big pipe from ship to shore.
The dock where 2 different Dodge vehicles and some John Deere vehicles are delivered from foreign countries to the U.S. An ocean going tug--- it has a tall center
cabin and pushes some ships from behind.
The buildings that are cold storage for anything that needs to be kept frozen or cold. Sulfur plants, waste material plants (garbage) CSI railroad has depots there on the docks. Several big tanks that hold oil (at the refinery) had murials painted on them, made a change of scenery from the busy dock areas.
Saw where they load the big containers on to the ships.
It was an interesting trip. Not pretty areas, but yet the bay and sky were so blue. We enjoyed the ride. Two tug boats were moored near where our boat moors. Our Captain pulled in just as easy as could be. There were to be 42 on the boat. We had 27 persons. This is a free tour the City of Tampa has for anyone interested in seeing Their harbor from the business side.
You can take a more scenic "cruise" in the afternoon and have dinner for $20. Maybe another year.
Came home with a stop at Cracker Barrel and Camping World along the way. Needed lunch and a couple of struts that hold up the bin doors.
There are 93,000 workers on these docks.
Wednesday is flea market at Plant City. and that means stopping for a strawberry parfait on the way home. See you. jkc
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