Florida!

January 21 - February 12   Three Weeks in Florida!  

Week One:  Kissimmee 

Good-bye Iowa!!

A week at Magic Tree Resort

And it was cold in Kissimmee!

We played many, many games & cards

Ice cream after a walk at Celebration

Sweatshirts and blankets needed most of the week.

A day at Epcot

It warmed up by the end of the week.

An evening of NBA:  Orlando Magic v Detroit Pistons.  Four of our USAB players were playing!

  Magic players:  Jalen Suggs and Wendell Carter

  Piston players:  Isaiah Stewart and Josh Jackson

Jalen Suggs

Wendell Carter

Josh Jackson

Isaiah Stewart

Week Two:  Treasure Island, St. Petersburg 

We stayed at the Treasure Island Marriott while the rest were at Coral Reef on St. Pete's Beach.  On the drive over to St. Pete's we all stopped at Parksdale for strawberries.

Supper out at Bubba Gump's at St. John's Pass

View from our room.

View from Coral Reef's room.

Bob and Lori came to St. Pete's for the day.
Lunch out at Shell's.

An afternoon biking and walking the beach at Fort DeSoto state park.

On our morning walk

Week Three:  Cocoa Beach

From the west coast to the east coast of Florida for week three.  We exchanged a timeshare and stayed at the Ocean Landings Resort while the rest stayed at Discovery.  Most days were again cooler and cloudy with the end of the week improving for beach days.  The highlight was heading to Titusville for the famous meal of rock shrimp!

Rock shrimp (tastes like lobster) at Dixie Crossroads