The Villages, Lazy Days, and Manatees

Beautiful Log-Flatland Preserve

Windy Day at Weichens Preserve

We went to visit two sets of Aunts and Uncles who live in the Villages retirement community, which are expansive. The Villages cover five zip codes and house 110,000 people. The community offers any type of activity you could imagine--it's quite amazing. During this visit we took a hike at Flatland Preserve and walked the boardwalk at Weichens Preserve.

Just a Few of the RVs for Sale

Next up was taking care of a safety recall notice on our Navion RV at Lazy Days in Tampa, supposedly the world's largest RV center. We had quite the experience wandering the lots full of new and used RVs while the work was being done on our vehicle.

Coming up to breathe.  Can you see the little fishes
 eating the algae off the manatee's skin?

Jan, Rainie, and Dick

Our friend Rainie lives near Lazy Days, so we stopped in for the weekend.  It was fun hanging out, joining their backyard barbecue, and seeing the manatees.  

The power plant.  Look closely in the water
and you will see many manatees.

The manatees like the warm water generated by the electric power plant, so when the coastal waters are cooler (November to April), the manatees come in to warm up.