Tampa on the weekend

Tampa is quite a funny city.  The name comes from the local Indian language and means lightning.  Tampa has the most lightning strikes in the world.  The funny thing is that no one lives in the city, as seen on the weekends when it's empty.

More hikes in Tampa

Some more hikes in Tampa Bay.  I like the pathways that you can walk though the swamps without getting your feet wet.

Liberty Ships

I use to drive past these ships on my way to work and one weekend went down to check them out.  These are the liberty ships that the US pumped out in mass production during WWII.  For the most part they were built with concrete and took a few weeks to build.  Nothing special as they were built to haul things to Europe.

First Mac

I don't think of myself as a big Apple fan.  But this is the first Mac that I bought, back in 2003.  The original Mac Book.

I bought the cheaper version with 512 RAM and the first copy of OS X loaded on it.  Back then Apple's didn't use Intel processors, so OS X was pretty much the only OS that was available for it.  (and some obscure Linux distros)

For this photo my friend Chris and I went fishing in Florida - I think it was the coldest day in Tampa that year (locals warned us).  Didn't catch anything, but it was fun making tee and listening to mp3's on a new computer along the docks.

Living in Tampa

For a short while I lived in Tampa.

My car.  Nothing special but moved me around.

My dad in front of a sign warning not to feed the gators.