Blogs from Dunedin, Florida, United States, North America

Jeudi dix Août, dernier petit déjeuner à Orlando, à dix heures, on prend la route de Tampa, sur la côte Ouest de la Floride, dans le golfe du Mexique. La baie de Tampa est magnifique, composée de plusieurs villes comme Clearwater, notre destination pour la nuit, ou encore plus au sud Saint Petersburg ou Dunedin au Nord. Il y a surtout une multitude de petits îlots reliés par autant de ponts. Certains îlots sont couverts de maisons magnifiques et probablement hors de prix. Il y a des pontons partout avec des bateaux amarrés, juste derrière les maisons. Toute cette zone de bord de mer forme le comté de Pinellas. Avant de rejoindre notre location à Clearwater Beach, nous allons passer la journée sur Honeymoon Island, une île, on devrait dire une presqu’île puisque qu'une route permet ... read more

We love the Tampa Bay area! Day one was a great day of thriftstore shopping with zita! Day two was a fun day at the races at Tampa Bay Downs (Wes once again proved his well honed exotic betting skills)! In between we went to our first movie of the entire 3 month trip (American Sniper - grueling but important). Great eats during the trip at Molly Goodheads (Oxana), Keegan's (Indian Rocks), Grimaldi's (the Pizza that made the Brooklyn Bridge Famous), the Island Grill (Island Way Clearwater) and Frenchy's Outpost (near the Honeymoon Beach Causeway in Dunedin). A few nice visits including a surprise when a couple from home - Jim and Cindy from East Side Drive - were also camped near us at the very nice Dunedin Carefree RV Resort on Bayshore Boulevard. And we ... read more

Geo: 28.0134, -82.7848When the welcome signs at the town boundary announce the most significant claim to fame to be the spring training location for the Toronto Blue Jays team, you know you're not about to be overwhelmed with a plethora of cultural events (unless you think of golf as a cultural event). That was ok because we had booked some extra time here to just chill, play a little tennis, do some biking, and catch up with two of our favourite peeps, Ann and Sandy K. They are parents of friends/neighbours of ours back in the days when we owned a home and, under different circumstances, I suspect that they would be out doing pretty much what we're doing so we have a great time trading stories. DH is currently looking into the legalities of adopting ... read more

Today I woke to a barrage of barking from Lucy and Merlin, the two dogs Aaron and Christine have. I wasn't sure whether they wanted to eat me or play with me. It soon became quite apparent that they both have short term memory loss because this happened every day and every time I would go outside and come back in lol. Aaron and Christine both had to work so I went to Clearwater Beach for the day. It was the first time I had driven in the states during the day which was cool, as it was great to see it for its glory in the sun. The roads were smooth and wide but slow going. I parked in Clearwater next to the place that me, Aaron, Pete, Martin Christine, Kim, Summer and Arianne went ... read more

Hey, all! Getting ready to leave for Chile this afternoon. This will be where you can get updates about all that I am doing and seeing as long as there is power and a computer near by. Chile had massive power outages yesterday so getting on often at first might be a bit challenging. Well, that's all for now. Adios! ... read more