Road Trip: Lazy Days in Tampa

After a great time in St. Augustine, we drove across Florida to Tampa to visit our grown daughter and two granddaughters, who live in Spring Hill. It's warmer here than in St. Augustine so we've been spending our days by the pool. We both really feel like we're on vacation here.

It's not easy to describe where we're staying in Tampa. The campground RV Resort, Lazy Days, is everything we always thought we would hate in a campground:  Crowded; small concrete-slab sites, mostly huge class A RV's, very few trees, no view, and attached to the biggest RV sales lot I've ever seen. Horrible, right?

When we first stayed here in 2013, we chose LazyDays because it was near USF, where our grandson was starting college. It's also fairly close to DH's daughter's home in Spring Hill. We thought it would be the perfect location for short visits, in spite of all the negatives we imagined.

Our little Casita amid all the "big guys" at Lazy Days

But - surprise - the more we've stayed here,  the more we like it. For $42.00 per night we have perfect weather, a huge pool, hot tub, tennis courts, restaurants, a pool bar, camping store, RV service on site, poolside entertainment and free educational programs on topics related to RVing.

 And the whole place is beautifully maintained.

DH loves the hot tub

The restaurant is right off of the pool area and enormous indoor rec hall.

And it's shaped like an RV!

The food and drinks are good and reasonably priced . I love that you can order right from the pool!

There's even a daily Happy Hour with tropical drinks and Margaritas for only $3.50.

Ironically, the clock by the pool has stopped  . . . at 5:33 . . .  proving that, at Lazy Days, it's always 5 o'clock somewhere!

We've really enjoyed reading, snacking, visiting and just relaxing at the tables on the pool deck. This is not at all like our favorite woodsy, waterfront campgrounds in Maine and New Hampshire but, strangely enough, we're having a great time here! Guess it pays to try new things sometimes.

Today our daughter and two granddaughters, who live in the Tampa area, drove to Lazy Days to spend the day with us. We don't get to see them as often as we'd like so this was a special day for all of us. We spent most of the day catching up by (and in) the pool.

DH with his daughter, Crystal, and granddaughters Taytum (L) and Hannah (R).

Tomorrow we'll be on the road again headed for one of our favorite places, Charleston, SC. 

Hope you'll follow along with us!

This post is linked to:

Homestyle Gathering 11 at My Wee Abode