Category Archives: Heartland RVs

Tampa Florida – Day 2

Mild and damp here this morning. Got up at 6:30 am and noticed a lot of traffic on the interior roads of Lazy Days Campground. When I took Emme outside, I noticed nearly all available spaces around the park were taken with cars and pickup trucks. Lazy Days RV had a sales team meeting in the rally hall. Must have been nearly 200 vehicles here for it.

Ken H and I planned to head over to Lazy Days RV sales center for breakfast at 8 am, but it was precisely when sales team meeting here at the campground let out and this place was jammed with everyone trying to leave at the same time and get over to the show. Ken and I both eventually made it out and over to breakfast.

After breakfast, we headed over to the show. Today is the first public day of the 2014 Florida RV SuperShow. Myself and 24 club members will be based out of the Heartland Owners Club table inside the LeMesa RV display through Sunday. Myself and my team will be spending time in the Camping World and America Choice displays with Heartland products – throughout the week.

Traffic at the show today was decent. Not huge, but decent. Linda W told me her and Walter and a few others were going out for dinner tonight. We joined them and 10 of us went to Longhorn Steakhouse in Brandon. Great food!

Tampa Florida – Day 1

Dave Y, Dover, Florida RV SuperShow, Heartland Owners Club, Julie H, Lazy Days Campground, Mike P, Parksdale Farms Market, Randy and Santha A, Ron and Ann P, Seffner, Tampa

My pals Dave Y, Randy A and I loaded up my truck with Heartland Owners Club booth supplies and headed over to Lazy Days RV sales center for breakfast. It’s costing us $52 per night for nice FHU/paved sites and it includes breakfast and lunch each day we’re here. Breakfast was decent – we had scrambled eggs, 2 sausage links, corned beef hash, coffee and juice.

After breakfast, we headed over to the Florida State Fairgrounds to audit all the Heartland Owners Club volunteer badges and to pick ours up. Then we made our way over to the Heartland display and got our 10×10 EZ-Up shelter put up, our table setup and our banner displayed. Mike P from Heartland was there to lend us a hand as well.

HOC Table - Tampa RV Show 2014
HOC Table – Tampa RV Show 2014

At lunch time, along with a group of Heartlanders, we ate over at Lazy Days RV sales center. We had chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, corn and a drink. We’d planned to head over to Dover, FL to Parksdale Farms Market for “the best” Strawberry Shortcake. We knew other club friends, Ron and Ann P were staying at a campground near there, so Dave Y phoned them up and they met us there.

This is "the place" for great strawberry shortcake. Just east of Tampa in Dover, FL - about 15 minutes from Lazy Days Campground. It's a must do when we are here.
Parksdale Farms Market – Dover, FL

Oh my gosh – yumo!

Here it is! The best strawberry shortcake ever!
Here it is! The best strawberry shortcake ever!

Yesterday, I hatched a plan to have a potluck dinner over at Randy and Santha’s. Tonight, it all came together. I believe there were 16 of us. I even invited a security guard from Lazy Days to join us before her shift started. We had a very nice meal and great conversation. We also had a lively discussion on where we should camp next year during the show as $52 per night here at Lazy Days is really getting a bit steep. We may move down the road a bit. Dave Y and Julie H checked out 3 campgrounds. We believe we’ve narrowed it down to a single finalist and we’ll open talks with them this week.