Taking the hire car back gave us our first problem – ants!
We left ourselves plenty of time for me to return the hire car to Tampa Airport and for Sally to follow with the truck to pick me up. I had even had time to get Mary back to work (the Sat Nav). We got some chairs out of the truck for Carol and Ron to relax in and found a colony of big red ants, each about a centimetre long. We ran round with a can of Raid and shoes and mallets and hammers and AK47’s, and howitzers, bashing and blowing up as many as we could, but the time for returning the car was approaching fast. Only one thing for it, Sally would have to drive the truck, with ants still in it, while Ron sat behind her riding shotgun with a can of Raid and a slipper! A journey fraught with danger, during which Sally had to just drive, trusting Ron to keep the ants off her! Added to which we now had to drive through rush hour traffic to get the car back in time. Needless to say we managed it and saved an- extra days hire car charges. Well done Sally and Ron. As we had used up so much nervous energy we were forced to go and eat at Buddy Freddy’s, for our favourite country buffet meal – the Beef Hotpot was voted dish of the day, certainly by me. We did a bit of late night shopping and all came home to bed, reflecting on our adventures today.
1 comment:
How come Ron gets all the fun - kissing frogs and battling ants? Can't wait for his next exploit.
Jean
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