As seems to be becoming the norm, instead of taking it easy and having a short day and going to the ocean. We completed the task at hand and drove to Lakeland. Now we have an additional 2539 miles on the clock, have consumed just shy of 164 gallons of gasoline, covered three time zones, slept in 6 different beds and most importantly taught Poosie to chase Sticks, Stones and most recently Pine Cones (see picture).Finally we will be staying put for a few days... we will of course be visiting more of Florida in the coming weeks but for now resting is just fine. Lakeland in pretty cool... a little far from the beach, but it rained today... which is a first for this trip and we found an Indian restaurant which is brilliant. Having spent a week surviving on toasted cheese and tomato, veggie burgers and Starbucks coffee... having Aloogobe Masala for dinner was like eating a home cooked meal after a term at boarding school.
The weather in Lakeland is amazing... I went for a swim in the hotel pool after we had booked in and then for a long walk in my Baggies and a T-shirt. I don't know if winter is supposed to be like this in Florida, but if it is... see ya, I'm going surfing !
2 comments:
Welcome to Lakeland!
Is there anything you're looking to do here?
I can make some suggestions if you want to see the usual tourist traps...or maybe offer a few others ideas.
My family and I are not longtime Lakeland residents, but we have a year under our belts.
Chuck
http://lakelandlocal.com
Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!
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