This post is being written on Wednesday morning.
The overnight fog is a little heavier this
morning and occasional rain drops are very lightly plunking on the roof.
This might be a good day to stay indoors, as
planned, to do a little cleaning.
That
won’t take us long in such a small area.
We need some downtime to relax from all the touristy things we’ve been
up to.
Sunday afternoon we took a drive, stopping first at Solomon’s
Castle (see
http://www.solomonscastle.org/
).
This is the home and studio of Howard
Solomon who has a very creative mind.
It is a whacky, creative place that is only slightly
off-the-beaten-path.
Later we continued
on to the southern shore of
Tampa Bay,
at the western end of
Bradenton,
where we found the DeSoto National Memorial which is run by the National Park
Service.
DeSoto was a Spanish explorer,
who began a 4-year exploration of
North America near
here, beginning in 1539.
For more information,
see
http://www.nps.gov/deso/index.htm.
We had dinner at the Linger Lodge, a
former “Old-Florida” fishing camp, where Paige had alligator chowder and Bob
had Gumbo.
Monday we rode the motorcycle most of the day as we were given a guided tour led by Ron and Arlene
They are retired Minnesotans who have converted a livestock
trailer into a custom toyhauler, living in the front while garaging their Gold
Wing in the back.
We wandered around
central Florida riding, stopping
for coffee, riding, stopping for tourism stuff, riding, stopping for lunch,
riding, stopping for ice cream, followed by more riding – so you get the
idea. We saw phosphate strip mines, lots
of lakes, a few hills, and more orange trees than we knew existed.
The growers are busy harvesting the juice
oranges (they hand pick them!) so there is a lot of activity in the
orchards.
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