Friday, Sept. 25 We made our way to Sun Life Stadium, we forgot to take our Sun Pass transponder with us and of course Miss Sally wanted us to take the turnpike. On parts of the turnpike you have to have it. they do not accept cash. We kept reading the map thinking we'd skirt around it, somehow we got there, we're not sure how. One the way back she steered us home without messing with the turnpike. We asked ourselves why didn't she bring us this way on the way over. As much as Miss Sally and I differ, I can't imagine taking this trip without her. Sun Life Stadium, formerly known as Joe Robie Stadium opened in 1987, presently seats 65,326 fans. In January of this year they started a 350 million dollar renovation project, one of the issues is extreme heat because of the direction it was built, they plan to do a partial roof or sun shade making it more comfortable for fans. We met a lady in the RV park who is a HUGE Packer fan, she said she couldn't figure out how they could make any money there isn't a huge base due to the heat and lousy teams. No tours were being given the day we were there so we stopped by the Team Store and walked around outside. The construction workers were busy at work and vendors were setting up, the first home season opener will be Sunday. I peeked into my crystal ball, they lost to the Bills, and the neighbor was right the stands weren't very full. It was so hot and humid we were exhausted so after grabbing a quick lunch we went back to the coach to "veg". I went to the pool. ahhhhh it felt so good, but when I saw lightning strikes nearby I made a quick dash back to the coach.
Saturday, Sept. 26, We left by 9:00 for our 284 mile drive to MacDill AFB in Tampa arriving about 3:30. It's still hot and humid! We navigated our way through the large camp to Fam Camp right on Tampa Bay easily. A late afternoon t-storm continued until dark. When it rains here it REALLY rains. Mac Dill AFB , established in 1939, is an Air Mobility Command installation. The 91st Air Refueling group operates the KC1352 stratotanker, a long range tanker aircraft capable of refueling a variety of aircraft in mid-air anywhere in the world in any weather conditions. Besides the air refueling group the Air Lift Squadron provides transportation to combat zones. Unfortunately we watched our Ducks lose, mid-way through the game we lost power. After Gary worked on the power a while we at least were able to get 30 amp, maybe we should have skipped it, the game was pretty ugly.
Sunday, Sept. 27, what a beautiful morning, we took a bike ride around the camp, checking out our new "digs" after we checked in at the office to see if anyone could look at our power situation. I saw 2 Spoonbills in ditch beside the road, what amazing birds. Again, hot and humid, we took it pretty easy with afternoon t-showers keeping us inside. Yay! Our Seahawks won handily, about time. We did see the Blood Moon total eclipse, amazing!
Monday, Sept. 28, The first thing we did was go walk to the Marina to see how soon we could get our power problem fixed, they sent someone over before we made it back. I turns out a tiny lizard crawled into the power stand and got fried. Whew! Not our problem. I did laundry and packed for my trip. Our rain held off until middle of the night, about 12 hours late.
Tuesday, Sept. 29, Very wet morning, it's supposed to stop by mid-day. Well it didn't, it rained until after 5. We made a dry run to the airport to see how long it would take, my flight leaves at 6:23, I don't want to miss it. After we went to the Exchange to buy a new door mat, we left ours in Jacksonville, then to the Commissary to stock up on groceries. I was able to walk Luci between showers, Gary didn't get so lucky, they got caught in a downpour later. I made BBQ'd meatloaf for Gary, he loves the leftovers.
That's it for now,
TTFN
Gary and Pam
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