Moving On

We finally left Palmetto today. We are staying in a RV park near Tampa. We have business in Tampa this coming weekend.

We had been at the same location in Palmetto, FL for nearly two months. We have explored many of the local areas and have visited with many friends. We’re both getting antsy and are ready to move on. It seems that no matter how long we plan to be at a specific location or how long we plan to be away from home, it always seems to exceed the ideal amount of time by “just a little bit”. If we intended to stay three days, then two days would have been ideal. If we had planned to stay a week, then five days would have been perfect. This time we intended to stay in Palmetto for two months (We paid for the park rent by the month and two months fit our time to be in Tampa.). Six weeks would have been perfect etc., etc., etc. The time was not wasted, but we still felt the urge to be moving on. Dianne is also feeling the urge to be returning home.

Our tentative intention now is to go to Daytona for Bike Week. In early March.

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