Mural

Port Richey has just started painting murals on the wall of downtown buildings. The one above the little boy fishing is so good that you have to look hard cause it looks like a paper poster on the wall.
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Nice One

This one is good also. Its amazing how real some of the murals are. It looks just as though you can walk right into them.
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Another Park

Another day another park. This is another park in Pasco County. Its not a very large park but,does have a walking trail.
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Lagoon

We walked out one trail and came out at this small lagoon. Here I am taking it all in.
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Boardwalk

Out another trail brought us to a boardwalk that led over a small marsh and on to the gulf. Nice walk though the palm and pine trees.
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Remember These?

Remember the old 50's type Juke Boxes with the bubble lights? We could put a nickel in and select a tune or 6 plays for a quarter. Then they went to a quarter for one play. We went to the A &W restaurant yesterday and saw this old one with the songs from the 50's on it. Guess what? It was free play,just make a selection and it played your song free. WOW now can you believe that?
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Road Work

Things were busy in the campground today. Had a crew lay fresh asphalt on the roadway. This will mae it look better.
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Big Cows

No the're not real. These 3 cows are in front of a local steak house. They're awful large,I don't know if this is any indication of the size of steak they serve.

Hummmer

Saw this stretched hummer on the road today. It must have been 35 feet long. Can you imagine the price tag on that?
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Werner-Boyce Salt Springs

There are a lot of parks in Pasco county. We are going to go through most of them because we like to walk in different places. This park has a small trail out through the woods so we needed more walking. To another park we go..

Veterans Memorial Park

This park is quite a complex. It has indoor basketball court,outside basketball court,soccer field,football field,baseball field.
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Around the trail

The Veterans Park has a 1 mile walking trail around it. This tank is on the trail. I would say this tank or one like it would have many tales if it could talk.
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Bike Path

We did our walking today(6 miles) out in the Jay B. Wilderness Park,New Port Richey,Fl. The picture here looks like a road by actualy is a wide bike path. They have 16 tent sites and 8 rental cabins. A 1-1/3 mile nature trail with 25 stations along the path. A birding trail and a horseback riding trail.
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Armadillo

We saw this armadillo along the path. I didn't get close enough for a good picture. You may be able to see it near the center of the picture.
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Bingo Night

Tonight was bingo night at the club house. They have bingo 2 nights a week but,we just go one time a week. Wow, I won two games tonight and Nancy won one. Tomorrow morning is coffee and cake morning,we don't go to this.
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Sunday Paper

The St.Petersburg Times and The Tampa Bay Tribune are sold on the busy intersection on Sundays. What amazes me is how can they sell the paper for .50. I come from a small town and the Sunday paper sells for $1.50.
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Walking

Not much going on today. It is a cool day in the 60's. We did do our walking,we got 5.3 miles today. Then I came home and I'm watching the football playoff's.

Tampa RV Show

Yesterday we went to the 2005 Tampa RV Show,which was taking place at the Tampa Fairgrounds. The pic is some of the many rv's in the parking lot. This is a big gathering for many people to meet up with their friends as well as go to the show. I guess they just have their mini rallys. It's a lot of fun meet people face to face that previously you have only been on the internet with. Then you have the different clubs that get together. If you ever get a chance to go to one of the big rv show I'm sure you will enjoy it.
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Seminars

The over head signs point you to the seminars. Most was Joe and Vicki Kieva who authors of several books on rv lifestyle.
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T-Tours

We saw this Model T with the old camper on the back. Inside the camper was a cot bed,gasoline stove and a storage cabinet. They were advertising T-Tours. Based out of Tehachapi,Ca. Its an old fashion tour that you drive a Model T in a caravan with others. If this type of thing is what you like you can check it out at www.DriveAModelT.com No I'm not getting anything out of this,just telling what we saw in the show.
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People

The people,lined the streets
looking at the many,many rvs. Dealers and factory reps from the various names.
They were fom,Indiana,Canda,Ohio,California,Oklahoma,Michigan,Georgia
,Iowa,Oregon,Pennsylvania,Kansas,Virginia,Maryland,Texas,Minnesota,
Idaho,Arizona,Tennessee,Washington and of course Florida.
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More people

Everwere you went there was a lot of people. If you needed anything the pretained to rving you could find it(sometimes a hard thing to do). Anything from parts to the campgrounds,small freezers,outdoor mats and so forth. They have hats,jewlry,food pots and pans,cleaning supplys,it was all here. I renewed my PassPort America membership. I like to do that at the show because,I get the book when I sign up. It takes about 3 weeks or so if you call them to renew to get the campground book. It was a long fun day.
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Foggy

When we woke up this morning we had alot of fog in the area. Of course this is better weather than much of the states.
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Pier

We walked once again this morning. We walked out to two different parks along the coast and back home. We walked a total of 6.3 miles so far today. Not to bad for 2 old folks. This pier is located in the Port Richey Waterfront Park.
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Two large eagle bus conversions ready to spent the night in the WalMart lot at Port Richey,Florida. These two were just alike including the trailers they were towing.

Epiphany Day January 6,2005

Epiphany Day in Tarpon Springs. This is the a Greek Festival Day. It starts out with a service in the Greek Orthodox Church,then they carry the priest down to the water . The young men that are 16-18 years old are blessed. They get in the old fashion fishing boats in a circle. The priest throws the golden cross in the water and the young men dive in for it. The one that comes up with the cross is suppose to have the blessing for the next year in addition he gets a college tuition. Then the music and dancing in the park starts off with a full day of celebration. This event draws 30,000 people.

Coastal Living.

Coastal living along the shore of the Gulf of Mexico is nice. Except during hurricane season. This area had high winds but,not much damage.
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Those Lousy Birds

It is nice to lay on the beach. The only problem is trying to keep the birds away. Still relaxing though.
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