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Ok, so…things don’t seem so great right now. i’ve had a cold with a horrible cough for over a week now. plus, of course, there’s the coronavirus spreading rapidly around the world…i feel that in order to maintain a bit of cheerfulness in these trying times, i need to keep writing about our trip, back when it was fine to fly and be in groups…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thurs. Feb 20th we headed for the Sunken Gardens after leaving our air b&b. I’m not sure where i heard about it but decided we should check it out because it’s been around for a long time and you know i like old timey stuff. It was in the north part of St. Pete, on the way to our next air b&b in Tampa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A gentleman by the name of George Turner bought the Sunken Gardens <\/a>land in 1903, drained the lake on the 4-acre property and planted all kinds of tropical plants, and by 1924 people were paying a quarter to tour the garden he’d created. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I took a bonkers amount of photos at the place but have pared them down nicely. i think the videos give the best idea of what the gardens look like. All the videos are very short, less than 30 seconds, which should be OK for the average attention span. for adults, anyway, i’m not sure about young peoples’ attention spans these days, it might be no more than a few seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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