2 RV's to Seffner FL (delivered)

... spending the night at Sarasota FL

There is no hot water at the sink. As in when we try to run just hot water, nothing comes out. I let the front desk know when I checked out and they <> said impossible. I had even tried turning the water on and off under the sink. No luck. It looked like the front desk person was fixing to head to our room as I was leaving the hotel.

All I got from breakfast was one yogurt. 2nd day in a row I had leftovers for breakfast.

The hotel did have Twins Baseball schedules for the pre-season. Winter Park is near Orlando so it would be close. But it is hot and the tickets aren't free. Anymore, maybe they never were as I have never tried to purchase them before.

1st stop is just about across the street at a Raceway gas station for some pop/soda as it is called here.

Then, we are sailing along on I-75 and the sign says 'toll booth ahead.' ??? GPS hadn't said anything, no other signs had said anything ... but as soon as we could we pulled over to get our I-Pass out. As soon as BB is out of the car, a road side assistant pulls up. She gets the I-Pass out of the trunk and we are on our way, without talking to the assistant. Turns out we could have paid cash, but we hadn't waited long enough to see that. BB had put the GPS to avoid all tolls, but it has a habit of changing things in route.

2nd stop is road side boardwalk called Kirby Storter. We may have been here before but I'm not sure. We stopped at three places last time we were down here, this may have been one of them.

We did see where an alligator had walked between watering holes in the mud, but no gators today. Just a couple of snakes on the water, some turtles and some fish.

It is <> 90 degrees and humid so we aren't here for long. BB is ready to head back but someone we talked to a few times said that a few miles down the road there were gators. We passed the place last time but didn't stop. This time we drove out of our way to.

Just because I wanted to do something today.

3rd stop was the Oasis Ranger Station. They have a board walk along the highway ditch. I counted 25 gator's in the two block stretch. I don't think there is any way they could survive in the food in that area so someone must be feeding them to keep that many there. BB just walked far enough to use the restroom. We had thought the visitors center may have AC, but it was closed. Short stop.

Forecast says that next week ... eight days from now, the high temps should be in the 70's instead of closer to 90's. We'd have had a lot more fun with our four days off.

It is now nearing 2 PM and we haven't eaten yet so we head to one of the first places we get to when we reach civilization. Mel's Diner. Last time we ate at a place across the street from Mel's but BB looked at the reviews and since new owners have taken over the place has taken a turn.

4th stop is Mel's Diner in Naples. Looks the same as others we have been to, but there website only lists five south FL locations. The 'Original Mel's' is the one we eat at in NV with more locations.

I ordered something and was told that is only available M-S, not Sunday. I had wanted something small, instead I ended up with a dinner item and I was stuffed. Meatloaf. And cream of chick soup. Both good, but too much.

Too hot to plan anything else and it will now be 6 PM by the time we get back to Brandon so we just head. After looking at ?? reviews, BB decides we will stay in Sarasota instead because nothing near Tampa has great reveiws.

5th and final stop is the Comfort Inn in Sarasota. We are now less than an hour from our rental exchange. No more meals tonight. We do get a drink and another item from their 'store' as gifts because we are getting rewards points for our stay. I thought most places did this, but this is our first time out of our four free nights here in FL.

The load board has been down since after noon Saturday so not much planning happening.

IF there is something before we get our car, we will change our car reservation.

IF there is something in Creedmore, we have until Ocala before it adds trip miles.

IF there is something in Shelby, we have until ATL before it adds many trip miles.

From the rental car place, it is three days if we head straight home. But we are far enough from home that doing a 2nd leg does pay.