the best way I can think of to involve you in my exercising
who needs weights with the kitty laughter kitty don't kappa yeah
well it is possible today that I may put on the most motorcycle miles ever in my
life on any motorcycle it's just the nature of getting around and trying to
see some new stuff don't get me wrong I love it but highways on the motorcycle
not so much fun in fact it's a little stressful as a motorcycle people just
don't see you no matter what but it is possible that I put on close to 200
miles on Roxy the rebel today it's all for fun I decided not to go to the Tampa
RV show by the way just decided that there are way too many
YouTube vloggers and people go in there and I want to do something I want to see
something really different and fresh and I want to share something totally fresh
than what everybody else in the area is showing so today we're starting off at
Wicky Watchi State Park yeah palm trees sunshine a
little bit of clouds and typical of Florida and January I did get alert on
my phone we are going to break a record for this day as far as temperature it's
gonna be another warm day in Florida I forgot to show though I did bring long
jeans and wore them on the ride I just left them on the motorcycle stripped
down to my shorts to hang out for the day there's the park it's 13 bucks to
get in but you guys get in free cuz you're coming with me
that's weird they've got a picture of a mermaid in their title up here and also
a weather alert everything in the water park is closed for the day on a day with
record-setting Heat yeah that makes sense but the kids are
all in school son okay all right lots of mermaid stuff stay with me now this
ain't no Disney park this place is wide open
nobody's here I'm sure there's people here I gotta wait a couple hours but we
may see some actual mermaids suggest want see some mermaids only place in the
country that has live mermaids here at Wicky watching they do have some cool
magnets they're like made out of tiles he's got a mermaid riding a dolphin
there I kind of like that magnet Wow look how clear that spring water is here
at the state park it's crystal clear but it's also really weird to see a water
park just completely shut down when it's 80 degrees I mean back home it
doesn't even get eighty degrees for a high in the summertime in July and
August doesn't even get to this hot as it is right now and as you know it's
just I don't know it's hard to tell it could be shut down because nobody
uses it or it could be empty in here because they decide to close it because
they can't make enough money I can't really tell look at this wild peacock
out here at the clerk
just chillin staying cool in the shade showing off now at that tail Wow
the pretty bird lots of interesting photo opportunities here in the park you
can sit here with the mermaid and the King here in their shell also on the way
in there there was a mermaid and I had to stop and get my picture taken with
her she said her name was Ariel and I'm Eric if you don't think that's funny
then this is pretty funny they did put a nice notice on the bathroom doors that
the air conditioner that supplies the restroom right now is out of service it
is well over a hundred degrees in that bathroom it is hot in there it's
disgusting well even though the water park is closed for the season Buccaneer
Bay itself is actually open if you want to go inside there's a couple people
keeping keeping cool by going and dunking in the water it is really super
crystal clear and I think I want to do it I did get a notice they made a park
notice that the river boat the river ride has been canceled for today and
they also reminded us in the same memo that there's no refunds or anything so
if they cancel anything or closed anything due to weather or mechanical
issues it's you don't get a refund you say they keep enforcing that so I think
I think it breaks down a lot as far as I know the mermaid show is still on in
about an hour let's go check out the water obviously they can't guarantee
that there will be Gators but the water so clear that you can see them coming so
I guess it's okay look at all the tiny little minnow fish everywhere tiny
little fish they're all around me yeah I mean I didn't bring swimming trunks or
anything but I think my shorts and boxers are gonna dry in like three
minutes after I get out with this eat the water the the spring here I would I
would say it basically feels like a heated pool I don't know how many
gallons of water constantly flowing but now this would be a nice place any time
of the year to cool off waterpark open or not I feel fantastic and I love the
color at the crystal-clear water I mean it looks turquoise green
but still at nights it's it's wonderful it's amazing you know it's it's hard to
put a value on a place like this this place has been around apparently since
before Disney World and before Busch Gardens in Tampa so this place has been
around for a while it's natural there's nobody here there's no crowds
like Disney or anything so 13 bucks I have already gotten my money's worth I
feel fantastic and I'm so cooled off just gonna wait a little bit and then
I'll take you into the mermaid show we'll go see the mermaids together guys
by the way it is Friday it's my cheat day here then I'm filming this so I got
some food here at the cafe not terribly unhealthy not really healthy either
chicken tenders in France which way to the mermaid show
oh now you're shy you're out in public with everything just out and okay all
right well I found the waiting area for the show here and still a half hour
before they start but they they'll see this a little early did want to show you
the magnet I got been at i/o magnet there yeah had to get one
really neat mermaid show in there they do play a lot of copyright music so I'm
at the dub in something else on get in trouble I've already gotten in trouble
enough by Disney that's a fun little show though and I'll have to come back
some here for the boat tour when it's working again Vickie but for now I'm
gonna get back on the bike and go explore some more Florida having a fun
day man hoots warm I did have to make a u-turn real quick much easier on the
bike than it would be a Motorhome because I found the coolest auto garage
ever in the shape of a huge dinosaur they've got three individual Bay's here
at the auto shop how cool is that it looks like it's been around for quite a
while but I have never seen a quirky garage my RV will not fit in in any of
these bays though so they won't be able to work on Miranda not that she needs
any work knock on wood but that is awesome I love it guys alright what's up
with all the dinosaurs all of a sudden this must be pepto-bismol eyeness or he
is very very pink definitely a pepto-bismol pink I don't
know what's on the ground underneath and though it looks like a mass collection
of lids it is it's literally thousands and thousands of random sized lids does
that US I'm gonna do with the dinosaur I don't understand why they're all here it
looks like we're nearest a dentist and a CT scan place anybody answer that one
for me why are there lids of all sizes underneath this dinosaur I'm really
trying to think am I missing something here
lids I don't know can you help me out there guys again even though people
won't listen and they'll be confused it is my cheat day my one cheat day and I
found some ice cream I have not had ice cream in 2020 once not yet
so I'm gonna head over to this ice cream cone shaped shop and get something tasty
on a hot day I just went with the basic chocolate on
a sugar cone my staple oh my gosh it's been a while don't mind me I'm just
gonna get my lick on off off camera of course this is as far as I'm gonna be
going south today I'm still 70 miles from the RV and it's 3:30 so I don't
wanna hit some traffic don't want to be down here past five but my last stop is
the Sponge Docks here in Tarpon Springs a well-known place actually they call
this the sponge capital of the world here right in this little tiny little
town about a Greek and Cuban history I guess in fact here are some right here
everybody a sponge famous from Tarpon Springs lots of them it's like it's like
a thing here I guess yeah so I mean it's hard to believe that sponge collection
was a is still a thing to me they used to go down underwater and they
would hook them off the bottom but they found that they didn't regenerate us
quickly that way so now there's a safer way of removing the sponges I guess and
it's still a thing and still very popular here in Tarpon Springs I love
sitting in these big Adirondack chairs I got a flash somebody down take my
picture I just hired one of you to be my chauffeur and picture taker and driver
from once in a while when I get tired hang on all right I got my picture whoo
got my picture on the big Adirondack chair how many of those do I have a lot
around the country all right let's go check out sponge o'rama
sponge factor look at all the sponges it could be
yours if the price is right a sponge look at them all that one could be a cat
man yep fresh off the boat get your sponges mm-hmm is there something else
you do with them besides wash dishes I don't know they're magnets here all
generic from China I'm not getting a magnet here always something real
special about coming out to a badia a saltwater here
I think it's salt I mean it's it's a bay that leads to the Gulf so there's some
salt in this water I grew up on the water my entire life we had a house
right on Puget Sound and Olympia Washington and I could take my homework
and down to a little canoe and go out into the muddy salty stinky Puget Sound
and just anchor out in a body of water to do my homework and so the water will
always be my my second home you know I'm gonna hit up one last let it go down the
other side of the road look at one more gift shop so if I can find a good magnet
get back to you when I get back to the RV to see Jack's well I'm back just
about a half hour before the Sun actually sets if my eyes are like their
water it's cuz I got here I'd just been coughing for like five minutes straight
tit miss this bronchitis really does stick around for three full weeks I'm
gonna go hit the pool I gotta put the bike away and we got a lead here in the
mornings I'm gonna do most of my packing up today you uh saw my first magnet with
the mermaid I could get one at Tarpon Springs on the way out there
hand-painted a pair of sunglasses that says tarpon springs on it how cool is
that love it see if the jacks man wants to come house ID you are what are you
looking for exactly you don't know just gonna roam okay good luck see you later
Clair Jax Oh Oh is the grass greener in our
neighbours site is that what's going on Oh clearly great now you're gonna puke
it all up in the RV you and I've still got some work to do after I go to the
pool I gotta do my workout still I got to eat my healthy meal and get some
veggies eggs I haven't had any veggies here on my day off I'm gonna get some
and like I said yeah just kind of pack up I don't put the passenger slide out
too often but if I'm gonna stay multiple nights somewhere sometimes I consider
putting the passenger slide out also it just gives me a little more room anyways
saying goodbye to this area of Florida for a little bit and again I chose not
to do the Tampa RV show this year because every youtuber I know in the
area is there and I've seen it before and you probably should go it's really
cool but it's also just not great for filming cuz just walking around looking
at exhibits and doing tours of RVs and I didn't want to put my viewers through
that because I'm I don't even enjoy that kind of stuff and I will click on it so
that's kind of me going through the screen and doing something different the
highlight of my whole day today the mermaids were cool but the highlight
for me was going swimming in the springs that was the highlight that was the
happiest I was all day and one of the greatest memories I'll have for this
area of Florida so anyways guys take care Jackson I'll see you soon as we go
north in Florida I guess