Day 322: Friday January 29th
So, the Bucs are going to the Super Bowl IN Tampa. And words cannot describe how upset I am about the whole Covid situation, since this is like a once in a lifetime thing. But, I'm trying to make the best of it and do what we can do while still remaining safe and socially distant and out of crowds and indoors.
So, on Friday Asa and I decided to go down to Al Lopez Park, which is a block north of the stadium, and have a picnic lunch. This park is used for tailgating on game days. In fact, we used to tailgate here every Sunday when we had season tickets. So, we picked up our subs, curbside of course, and had a nice, safe, socially distant lunch.
It wasn't empty-empty. But, it's a big park and easy enough to stay away from people.
After lunch we plopped our blanket back in the car and then went for a walk down around the stadium, all decorated for the Super Bowl.
Of course you can't get really close to the stadium, but it's still fun to see everything up around it. And, it made for some nice socially distant photos.
I mean, you don't get to have the Super Bowl a half hour from your house every day, do you? Not this girl who grew up in a small town in the midwest, nearly two hours from any NFL stadium- and ones that have never hosted the Super Bowl at that.
It looks so pretty!
Of course, there is the bridge over Dale Mabry going over to Steinbrenner Park, so we walked up there for a birds eye view.
And then we continued on down the boardwalk that runs next to Dale Mabry.
Asa was a little more adventurous in taking some pictures than me.
Tampa Bay Ave, which runs just south of the stadium is closed off, you can't even walk down it. But, you can still kind of see the South End of the stadium.
Since that street is closed, you do have to walk all the way down to Columbus Ave. But, there's lots to see on the way, and then there's a giant Bucs billboard. It's Tom Brady, but still. Mike Evans is on the other side, at least.
At the corner of Dale Mabry and Columbus there is a giant Bucs banner. So, we stopped there for some pictures.
The stadium off in the distance.
And then we walked back up Himes.
A few people were around, so we put on our masks. There is a Tampa order the Mayor signed to say Facemasks are required outdoors in event zones and around the stadium. Still, we weren't even close to anyone. But you know, we're rule followers (at least when it comes to mask wearing and covid precautions)
There are lots of tents in the lot just north of the stadium. Including the health screening tents!
After we made our way back to the car, we swing by One Buc Place to check out the team store. Since you can't actually get into the stadium area, they had to set up a temporary one. But, the good news is that the temporary store is totally outdoors, and they've set up social distancing cones, and most people wore masks. We didn't buy anything on this trip, but we would stop here a few days later with Calib to do some shopping.
And then we headed downtown just to check things out. It was pretty busy down there though, so that was a little disheartening for checking things out later.
On the way home though we did spot the Taco Bus Food Truck!
And we finally stopped at Aroma Joes to check them out. Asa loved it.
Etta was happy to see us after we'd been gone so long (since that hardly ever happens).
And then Asa and I had date night for dinner.
So grandma bought the boys all taco bell for their dinner.
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