I think we’re in vacation mode now. Things are slowing down. I’ve been cleaning up little leftover tasks on my “to do” list and getting down to the final items. We are almost ready to hit the road again.

Emma was back at the pool again, enjoying the excellent Florida weather. It has been about 80 degrees every day, with lots of sunshine and relatively dry air. Perfect pool weather. As usual, she met up with some other little girls and they promptly organized a game of diving for sticks.

This evening, Barry and Susan came by to take us out to Safety Harbor, a quaint little village on the bay not far from here. There’s a nice view to Tampa from the pier, and a diner in town where we had a great and inexpensive dinner. (All-you-can-eat grouper, $7.50 with salad — I couldn’t resist it.)

Tomorrow I will tackle the bike rack solution if my final parts have arrived. With that, we should be ready to hit the road on Monday.