Busch Gardens 2010

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Terry Myers Orchestra and the Swing Sisters now playing at Busch Gardens. We saw them last year and they play the good old band/dance music. But they said they would play "Sing:Sing:Sing" in the 1 pm gig. Darn. the drummer is really good and I like watching and listening to him. We had a good day there, starting with the concert.




Now these chicken legs/feet were at the SweetBay grocery. How do you fix chicken legs? $1.95 a lb. or for the package. They also had goat steaks, pigs stomach, and salted pork feet. Yum! Yum! We do look at the various products in stores where ever we go, interesting items do appear.





More of the beautiful flowers. There were a lot of brown leaves from the freeze we had last week. The park employees were working all over to clean up the dead leaves on the ground.

This pictures does not really show how orange the flamingos are this year. Yesterday, Friday, there were two sandhill cranes in front of our coach. Just walking around and digging in the soft sandy soil with their beaks. We had a hard rain the night before and so it made easy digging. I got some pictures with my new phone. Will need to learn how to transfer them to the computer so I can put them on the blog. We got up early one morning in Arizona to see the cranes take off from there habitat to go feed. And missed them. So it was great to see them this close. We did see them in AZ during the day fly over our campground.

This group is "Lets Dance" featuring "Burn the Floor" 25 min. show Direct from Broadway-International Dance Superstars. Singers, Dancers, and Rock A Doo Wop Band. Fast and fun. And hard work for the dancers. Lots of costume changes for a pretty and fun show.

The "Swing Sisters" Their style is like the "Andrew Sisters" Talented and enjoyable.

The Busch Garden Train. Takes about 40 minutes to take a ride around the garden. You get to see more of the animals. sometimes up close.

Like these Giraffes. so neat to see. These animals seem to have more room to roam. The elephants and cats (tigers) seem to have a more closed in space and that makes me a little sad.

Elephants! These gentle giants. All are over 25 years old. two are in their 40's. It is interesting to be there when the keepers are there as they talk about the animals. Did you know alligators eat very little if anything from November to April?

then they eat a lot!
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Not sure how to delete a second picture so we may just leave it in.

Dick and Connie from Roscoe, Illinois.

We met them in Galveston, TX. about 10 years ago. We catch up with each other about every year or so. They called to say they were in the area.

Wednesday we took them to the Plant City flea market and then of course to Parksdale for strawberries. They would not put on the crowns or hold the huge fake sundae. But that is ok. While there a couple came up to Dick and said "don't you live in Rosco? surprise! You never know who you will meet out on the road. then we went to Lazy Days RV Dealer for a free lunch. Chicken fajita salad and a soda. Good salad.

We drove around to see several RV parks. They may stay in the area for awhile. They called Friday to come over and play "Joker" a game like Sorry or Aggravation. Girls 1 and fellows 1. Will have to get together again to see who wins. Also went out to TGFridays for supper. Got there before the crowd. It is located near the South Florida Campus

Tuesday we drove to Zepherhills to visit with Indiana friends. Joe and Rachel know Linda and Austin. Linda and Austin are two doors down from us and have a home in Muncie

But last week when we left the Tampa Super RV show we had a problem with the car. The low water light came on. Ernie and Austin worked on the car for two days. Changed a hose, twice and still had problems. Mon. am Ernie took the car to a small repair shop and came home with a new water pump. The shop has been in business a short time. The young man and his Dad are running it. Talking with him Ernie thought him honest and reputable. Not out to take all your money. He was recommended by a neighbor. So we now know where to take any car problems.

Time to take a walk. Today, Saturday, we are to go to a surprise birthday party for a lady that will be 80. drives a big RV. Just bought a new one. Special friends.

See you later. jkc