T & B Travels

We've been in Largo, FL for over a week now and are enjoying the warm weather. A couple of days have been spent at Maderia Beach, a few miles southwest of our campground. I'm still adjusting to the busy roads around here. I've lived and traveled in some heavily populated areas in the past but haven't experienced anything quite like this area. Lots of road construction is going on which contributes to the congestion. I'm starting to look forward to heading back out west and it's wide open spaces in a couple of months.

Last Saturday we had a cookout with Barbara's sister Bonnie, husband Bill, and daughter Wendy. It's been almost 2 years since Barbara last saw her sister so it was a very nice visit. We're looking forward to seeing them a few more times before we leave.

It's been rainy and cool the past couple of days so we took off yesterday to the Westfield Countryside Mall in Clearwater. We thought about catching a movie but didn't see anything playing that grabbed our interest so we just wandered about the mall all day. I bought a few shirts and Barbara found a new bathing suit. As far as a mall goes I'll have to say this is one of the nicest I've ever been to. There's a nice ice skating rink inside and they even have a small train that runs about the mall for the little kids. It seems even larger than the Oak Park Mall back in the Kansas City area. About the only thing missing is a large bookstore. We kept noticing people walking by dressed like they were getting ready to brave a snowstorm. It did cool off to into the upper 50's by the time we left but I still found it comfortable in my shorts and short sleeve shirt. I guess when you get used to mid-70 degree days in the winter, anytime it drops below 60 calls for breaking out the winter gear.