Tampa trip

I've been in Tampa the last several days for work. I organized a conference with a few other people on archaeological science. It was a lot of work, but it seemed to go well. I was quite busy for the conference days (Thursday, Friday, Saturday), but on Sunday, I had a few hours to explore before my return flight. I spent that time walking around downtown Tampa a bit (our hotel location was in the heart of downtown). Less than a mile away, at the University of Tampa campus, is a place called the Henry Plant Museum. It is an old hotel with great architecture and many interesting items. Many soliders were stationed close to the hotel during the Spanish-American War, so they had many items from that time, including a series of letters from a soldier stationed there. President Roosevelt was stationed there when he was a cavalry officer, so they had a series of pictures relating to that as well. While the items were interesting, the building itself and all the Victorian architectural details were more interesting to me.

Between the Plant Museum and the main dowtown area, there is a park and a river. Here I am in that park. The pictures that follow show the main area of downtown from the park.

Nice Florida trees:

This palm fell a while ago, and has started the grow up again.

Downtown through the trees at the park:

The main skyline. I know it is hard to see, but there is a river between the trees and the buildings.

This is a picture I took right after my plane took off from the Tampa airport. You can see the same downtown buildings as in the previous picture (they are the tallest ones in almost the center of the pic). This shows you how close the airport is to downtown in Tampa. That was pretty convenient.

The flight back was pretty relaxing, which was nice. There was a small amount of turbulence, but there were also some great clouds to look at.

During the flight, the sun set, and by the time we got to NY, everything was dark.

It was a good trip, but I am happy to be back home again.