This year's winter excursion through Florida was feeling pretty familiar. We left Sumter Oaks SKP park in Bushnell, FL following the same route we did two ago when we last attended the Southeast American Coach rally at LazyDays in Tampa, Florida. We had to stall a little to make sure we were not too early for check-in. The 50.0 mile (85,022.2 total) drive was all on back roads. I was again reminded just how much better secondary roads usually are compared to the Interstate highway system. Additionally, since we were familiar with the route we were not misled into the heart of Dade City's downtown district which made things a bit more relaxing.
Since we were a day early for the rally, registration went very smoothly. We were parked on the edge of the facility in a pretty tight site. I had to have a guy move his pickup truck to maneuver into our site that had a tree overhanging us. We never did have enough room to get our car off of the drive, but then again neither did anyone else.
Only a few people had already arrived for the rally, so I made the most of our free time with daily trips to the spa and lots of walks with Sam to look at the LazyDays inventory. Of course, being so close to Tampa we were obligated to visit their Ikea for some idea shopping and Swedish meatballs.
Soon enough the whole gang arrived. The rally attracted just under 60 American Coaches with lots of old friends as well as new ones. There was entertainment most every night and so much great food! Unfortunately, I rarely thought to capture pictures and instead just enjoyed the fellowship, food and fun. The few times I did snap a picture on my phone it did a poor job of capturing the atmosphere. Fond memories would have to do as we wrapped up our time at LazyDays.
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