Holiday Vibes

It’s been almost ONE YEAR since I posted here. Yikes! About time to start again right now. I’ll be throwing photos up here occasionally. This blog is all about Old Homosassa and any travels I might be on. Mostly pictures. A few words. Here are a some snaps from yesterday!

The 2nd Annual Santa Paddle was scheduled at Crumps Landing.

It rained. A lot! But a bunch of paddlers were not made of sugar (unlike me, I am totally one big lump of sugar that would definitely have melted in the rain) And they braved the downpour and followed the Dragon Boat on a soggy Sunday Santa Parade!

The paddlers also brought toys for the Homosassa Civic Club’s Christmas Childrens Outreach. Such a great project. The civic club and the Old Mill have adopted sixteen families in need this year. Santa will be providing some great gifts thanks to all the generous elves in our community!

Gasparilla–Argh Pirates!

We lived in Tampa for several years. Went to the Gasparilla Invasion and Parade numerous times, I ran the Gasparilla 15K several times. And I have at least one piece of art from the Gasparilla Art Festival.

But. I have never been on a boat during the mayhem. I’ve always considered it too touristy. This year we bowed to peer pressure and boarded Yacht Starship early Saturday morning with six other intrepid friends. All dressed as pirates. I was not expecting much.

BUT! IT WAS FUN!

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Pirates!
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The Pirate Ship Jose Gasparilla
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Boats joining the invasion.
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10 million people. Okay, maybe not quite but it was close!

We went to the parade and lasted about an hour. People crush. Craziness.

It was fun but I’m glad to be home.