Lazy Days at Lazydays

Monday-Wednesday, February 24-26, 2014

It’s been a few welcome lazy days at Lazydays campground in Tampa, Florida. 

We left Daytona mid-morning on Monday, waiting for the mad rush of campers and rv’s to leave.  We heard the first one leave at 3:45 am, but waited until about 11, and we followed a long parade of rv’s out of the track. 

The drive to Tampa wasn’t too bad, except that it was hot and muggy.  The humidity was 72%. 

We arrived at one of our favorite campgrounds—Lazydays-- in Tampa.  It is an enormous facility that includes a campground with 300 sites, a pool, a restaurant and bar, and also has a huge inventory of new and used rv’s on display, as well as 172 service bays!  They provide a free breakfast and lunch at “The Front Porch” cafe, which is a highlight for many of the campers.  The trick is that you walk through the display of rv’s on your way to the meals, and the café is attached to the sales office!  (What a great marketing strategy!)

It is a park-like setting, and a great way to get some walking in to work off the meals they serve.   Spot loved the birds, and had a great time chasing them.

We had fun taking a look at new motorhomes, seeing different makes and models and floor plans.  We always get good ideas from looking at the various motorhomes.  We are struck by the size of the inventory, and as retired accountants, we can only imagine the nightmare of keeping track of and valuing the millions of dollars of inventory!  (I guess old accountants never stop playing with numbers!)

The restaurant/bar is very cleverly fixed up like an rv.  The name of the place is “Exit 10”, because it is at Exit 10 on Interstate 4.  We tried to go over last night, but every seat in the place was taken, so we went tonight after taking in a movie (Monuments Men) 

There was a rain shower this afternoon and rain is predicted tomorrow, so we’ll decide if we want to continue our lazy days (that’s after we have our breakfast at “The Front Porch” café).