2015 Feb 22 & 23 - Around Hillsborough State Park

We awoke on Sunday morning to the white ibis scouring the edge of the water behind the camper. We rode the bikes to the cafe. It was painfully slow, but I posted to the blog and Marsha paid a couple of bills while we were there. We had a bite if lunch to pass the time while waiting for the Internet to respond.

After lunch, we rode by the site where our friends, Jerry & Jane, from Annapolis were supposed to arrive. They arrived while we were riding by. They were only here for one night, so we visited during the afternoon and in the evening after dinner. They left on Monday morning.

After Jerry & Jane left, we jumped on the bikes and rode down to the trail that leads to the rapids on the Hillsborough River. We walked a loop on the trail, going by the rapids near the end of the loop.

We drove over to Plant City to get some BBQ at Smokin' Aces. It's just a little smoker stand in the parking lot of a craft brewery and winery store. What more could you ask for? You could ask for the BBQ stand to be open. Turns out he won't be open until Wednesday, so we'll be going back for the full experience. Stay tuned for that.

The Plant City Strawberry Festival starts on Thursday, but we managed to by a half flat (6 mounded pints) of fresh strawberries for $6.00! Marsha cleaned berries between loads of laundry that afternoon.

We had a chicken salad with fresh strawberries in it for dinner that night.