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So having watched the Mountaineers (barely) achieve victory the night before, Chad and I were ready for a nice relaxing day of geocaching in the sun. So we headed to St. Petersburg.

And it was pretty much apparent that even if we only got one geocache I was not going to give a flying fig newton…because it was sunny and warm here in Florida. Sunny & warm I tell you!  So sunny and warm that we ditched our shoes and went for a stroll on the beach.

The sand was awesomely warm and…even better….the water was so warm. I was giddy, giddy I tell you! Even Chad seemed to have a good time (which I suspected he would since it isn’t water he dislikes, it’s swimming).

As I said, I was giddy about the water, the sand, the entire being warm and the sun being out. The sun was REALLY out.

It was a very good day indeed. And that’s all I really need to say.

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Having survived our trip to the frozen north of Canandia-land (which was not really very frozen to be honest), Chad and I headed South to defrost. So a mere week and one day from waking up in Canada we were landing in Orlando. But Orlando was not our final destination, that would be Tampa.

My only Florida experiences were Orlando (Disney, Epcot, MGM) and Key West (which I am still unable to reconcile as being part of Florida), and those were all summer trips. Having undertaken the traditional vacation force marching on Thursday in Tampa I finally get why people come here in the Winter. It’s warm. And pretty.

After lots of forced marching, taking in some history (thanks WhereIgo cache) and making a wrong turn or two – oh that’s right Tampa Bay, that water is a tricksy thing, we were ready to go back to our hotel, have some bed cheese and sink beer and rest up for the upcoming WVU / USF game. I was about ready to drift off into a late afternoon nap when Chad reminded me it was time to go to the game.

yes, I know, tragically lazy narrative. But hey, I’m on vacation here. You can make up your own story.

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