Weeki Watchee Springs......
We are traveling with a 5 year old that loves the movie Little Mermaid. But then again what 5 year old girl does not. So do you suppose we could have bypassed the most authentic mermaid show in the world....of course not.. we are after all the perfect Gigi and Papa...
Weeki Watchee for you youngsters out there was "the" reason to visit Florida before "the mouse" and his animatronic friends moved in. That and Cypress Gardens and of course Gator Land. We happened upon Weeki Watchee during one of their retro weekends if you will. One weekend a month they invite former mermaids back to do a show. These ladies still put on a pretty good show, not quite up to the par of the new girls but for ladies ranging from a young 57 or so on up to 75, they did quite well.
Weeki Watchee is a bit long in the tooth so to speak, but it is a wonderful bit of Americana that you really should experience.
After Weeki Watchee the weather turned cold, as in below freezing, all across the south so we hunkered down for a few days waiting for the thaw which finally did come.
So we headed back to Texas. Other than yet another issue with "stock" tires, this time on the truck, we made good time. We decided to just head back so did not hit any other beach towns or other "exciting adventures", at least that I can recall 6 months later. If something pops back up I guess we will just update this entry.
So, that's it for Florida 2014, now I guess we can get on with 2015 and see how "lazy" we get with the next trip.....
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