Tampa RV Show part 2

Tampa RV Show part 2

Saturday 21, 2023

This morning we got up, I packed another fabulous lunch for us today. I made chicken tortilla wraps with cheese, salsa, barbecue sauce, lettuce and tomatoes, Late July tortilla chips, and applesauce cake with homemade applesauce topping.

 We left this morning  almost half an hour earlier than yesterday. And we arrived a little before 10:00 a.m.  to the fair grounds. Had  a lovely spot even closer than yesterday with a tree. Today we will have a lovely Shady spot for lunch here in the truck again.

 We got into the show and first we headed over to my sofa. The name of it is Glastop,  here's a picture of me laying on it. 

There was another couple there that was ordering one right away. The wait time is about 4 months from now, minimum. The sales guy put the air mattress out so we could all try it. I want it  even more now, lol it'll take a while, but we'll eventually get one. 

Then we walked around the show, I found lipstick that I had wanted, I checked the color I had already but wanted something different. It's very creamy has aloe, I got two of them. 

The only other thing we bought was a veggie slicer. I see it every year at the show. Thought it could replace my old worn out food processor. That I don't even use that much anymore. The cutest little old man demoing it.

Then we saw more switch crew Sandy and Jeff. Chatted a bit. 

Then we saw this robot guy who was one of the fun entertaining things that the show has that Hershey doesn't, that I talked about yesterday. He kept talking to people and finally he was looking at me saying Who, WHO,  because of our switch it up shirts. So I went over to him. Jim got my picture, he kept telling me to hold his hand. And then he said " she has the cutest little giggle. " in his funny robot voice.

We saw Doug and Tammy. Chatted a bit and we told them how Todd had rented a plane to fly a Switch It Up banner around the RV show. They didn't know it, they were not at the meet up where they announced it. Was supposed to start around 1 pm. 

Here is a picture of them with a new manufacturer,  The Brinkley.

We walked out into a more open area. There it was....

We had cards to hand out to people who saw it. To further explain there mission, and how to find their website. 

Then we went to the park models that I saw yesterday. Wanted to show Jim a few. They are beautiful but small and pricey. 

They sell them, but you have to put it on one of there many properties. 

Lovely Kitchen and

the bedroom 

Later we saw Cindy and Billy with John. They were heading back to the groups camping spot at the fair grounds. On the walk there with them, we saw the Budweiser Clydesdales were here.

Here is one we passed, beautiful.

We all hung out Chatted, and as the sun went down it got cooler out. Jim jumped in Billy's Jeep and they went to bring our truck closer to the camping area.

 Jim and I changed into our long pants. As the evening progressed more crew was coming back. And Steve the switch it up chef started two different smokers. 

He made some manicotti like shells with bacon wrapped around. Put them in the smoker, people started bringing their dish for the evenings meal. We all ended up having dinner together. It was a fabulous potluck,  it was so nice of them to share with us. 

This was the Host RVER'S Susan and John. 

Had a wonderful time,Todd and Sheila stopped by on their scooters. They ate with us and football was on the TV outside Sheila was watching her football. While we all chatted. 

About 7:00 or a little after, Jim and I figured we should get going. We headed over to the Brazen Brits meet up,  they were having at a local bar. Hung out with him for a while, here's a picture of Laurence and Jim.

 I got one with Natalie too. 

We each had a drink I chatted with Barbara and Lowry. We met at Talona Ridge and became fast friends, as happens alot with Switch Crew. 

And we headed out about 9:00 to head home. Tonight we got home almost 10:00 p.m.. wow such a fun filled busy day.

Just a funny side note. I  have had a few old post in my draft since 2021. Decided to read one this am. Thought it would be funny to post after our recent visit to the RV Show, since that was also the posts title. Warning ⚠️ it is very boring, lol.

It also covers quite a few days. Funny there are no pictures of Jim and I, must have been much heavier and never wanted my picture taken then. I didn't have the heart to delete it, as even the boring ones are alot of work. LOL Hopefully the blog is at least a tiny bit better then it was back in the day.

Tampa RV show

Tampa RV show 

Friday January 15, 2021

We got up, I packed a lunch to take along. We arrived at about 10:30 am. It definitely did not seem as busy as it has in the past.

The show has fun festive atmosphere.

These guys were funny, I asked the cop to pose for a picture for me, the western guy said I was flirting with officer Ramirez, he found out his name and was making a lot of jokes,

We didn't go into alot of RV'S, didn't want to touch alot of High touch surfaces.

RV made from a container. 

Saturday January 16, 2021 

Saturday we left to go for lunch at Panda Express. Then we went to Camping World stopped at Lowe's and Save-A-Lot came home for dinner and had our leftovers.

Sunday January 17, 2021

Today I was cleaning inside, and doing laundry, Jim was working outside. He fixed the leak in our -15 foot Dominator sewer hose. Put in new batteries we just got at Lowe's for the tire pressure monitor system, replaced all four. Added air to all four tires at 120 PSI and torqued  the wheels.

We went for a nice long walk. Then we took a golf cart ride to take the trash out, and saw a huge flock of turkeys. 

Made Homemade ham and bean soup.

Jim found the taco truck. He was looking for, was supposed to be here Saturday too. He had huge burrito oh, and we finished our golf cart ride.

Monday January 18, 2021

This morning when I open the blinds I woke up to this lovely sight.

Went line dancing today did not go anywhere.

Tuesday January 19, 2021

We left this morning to go do errands.

Jim wash the truck I found clock working so he could fix my grape and wine bottle clock. We found mud flaps at a store he ordered to pick up later. Looking for a few other things with no luck. Went to Chili's for lunch we weren't finished until 3.

Did not make line dancing today sadly.

Wednesday January 20, 2021

I was up first again I was watching inauguration coverage, Jim went outside. I saw him wash the hot hoes, I call it the electric one for winter time use. And put it away. I went line dancing today after lunch from 1 to 3. We made a decision to dance starting at 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday cuz it's way too hot down in the Sun at 3.

I took Joan home in the golf cart, Jim and I sat outside, it was so beautiful and chatted. He had started drinking margaritas by then. He talked to his mom, she's getting excited about her trip here, we were trying to make plans and how we were going to do a few things with her.

We took a long golf cart ride, I drove. He held his margarita. We saw our flock of turkeys again. And a lady with the big McCall we talked to.

 Never know what you're going to see in a campground. Came home Jim grilled Burger and him a steak and made a fire for the night.

Tampa RV Show part 1

Tampa RV Show part 1

Friday January 20,2023

This is our motto now that we retired.

Boy is it hard to get up and moving early and out the door. We did our best and left at 9:00 a.m.. Tampa traffic is busy, beautiful picture of the skyline.

 Apparently the airport was busy too, can't believe I got this shot of this plane. 

We arrived at 10:00 a.m. to the show. Later we realized we missed our first video with Todd. So much to look at, here's a picture of spacecraft 53 ft custom fifth wheel. 

Beautiful reflection in the water. 

It is amazing the custom features they put in this thing. Todd and Sheila's video he mentioned when you're in high elevation, it can pump pure oxygen into the fifth wheel. Also what's crazy is the bedroom in the back, lifts all the way to the ceiling and a car can go underneath during travel. I have some pictures but it doesn't do it justice. I'm sure you  can look them up. Todd and Sheila said they talked to the owners of the people that it belongs to. And it's the first time they had seen it, that must have been incredible for them.

 Later we came across switch crew hanging out at a beer stand. With $10. beers, too much for Jim. And ME

The crew has 19 RVs staying together on the property. With 30 amps that has been hit and miss, mainly Miss. But their switch crew, so they're dealing with it. They have a potluck together every night and we were invited at 5:30. Sounds like a lot of fun we'll see how things go.

Later we went to a meet and greet with the Brazen Brits, Laurence and Natalie, here's a picture of them with Chad and Sabrina.

Above

 We also got to officially meet the Wayward Wags, with Leslie and Dustin, we were at TTO at the same time. But they were never available when we went by in the golf cart.

there people on the right.

and their bearded dragon, they travel with, Scout.

By this time we were getting hungry between 12:30 and 1:00. I had made us an awesome lunch so we walked out to the truck. It was really warm out today, so the truck was warm. Jim took out our lawn chairs and put it on the Shady Side. We're camping with our truck now.

 I made us a lovely turkey and cheese with lettuce and tomato sandwich Late July tortilla chips and chocolate chips zucchini cake. It was fantastic and hit the spot.

Places to go Boondocking slide.

 Then I took a workshop on solar. Here's a couple interesting slides, above he showed. Jim had no interest and waited out under one of the domes. It felt good to sit down in a comfortable seat. 

Beautiful front kitchen 

Then  I went into a few Park models, his Mom would love them. Beautiful view of the Tampa fairgrounds.

 Then I found my sofa that MaryJo from TTO sent me a picture of, when they went. I actually like a different one.  

 You can get it in fabric or pleather, I think they call it. He said it wouldn't peel like ours did. It is a Sofa bed with an air mattress.

We saw Todd and Sheila a few different times as we walked around the show.

Here picture of a New Horizon FW with rear kitchen.

We always stop to see Drew and or Cole, whoever it here. This year there Mom was here to, we haven't see here in years. Got to say hi quick. They are beautiful.

We finally got to meet Wil from Talona Ridge. Saw him at the Huddle, never got to talk to him. I found a fun way to get a picture together with him.

Since we're from Hershey Pennsylvania area they claim their RV show in September is the biggest in the country. Tampa RV Show claims they're the biggest. Since we go to both we are voting for Tampa. The reason Tampa is way more fun and festive, and they spread the show out so all the RVs aren't quite on top of each other like in Hershey. Plus there's so much fun and festive things going on makes it way more entertaining. There is a one-man band people on stilts,

The show always seams to have a western theme.

This little wagon pulled by an  armadillo, which had a little motor under it.. later we saw a few more things.

One thing we always do at the show is stop and see the Cricket golf carts like the one we have. There's so many new advances on the new ones. They have such big tires on them now.

 But they wouldn't fit in the fifth wheel compartment if we had them tires.. They really have some Jazzy paint jobs too. Here's a picture that was pretty cool. We talked to the salesman a little bit about ours.

This one has a dump bed, might as well get a Gator, if you need that feature. 

After all this Jim was really tired, about 6 pm or so. We couldn't get through to Cindy, they were filming with Todd now I think. We said we were not going to make the potluck. We headed out to the truck, and still had to drive in the dark. Took a little less then an hour to get home, we were wiped out. Tomorrow we will get up and do it all again. I told Jim we have to try and pace ourselves better. LOL