{"id":9292,"date":"2024-12-07T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/steveandmarleneontheroad.com\/?p=9292"},"modified":"2025-03-15T16:56:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T20:56:33","slug":"december-7-2024-trip-15-day-6-visit-with-carl-and-bonnie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steveandmarleneontheroad.com\/?p=9292","title":{"rendered":"December 7, 2024 : Trip 15, Day 6 &#8211; Visit with Carl and Bonnie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:30px\">On our way to southern Florida, we stopped in the Tampa Bay area to visit family. We had a great visit with them.  Carl and Bonnie treated us to lunch at their golf club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" data-attachment-id=\"9289\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/steveandmarleneontheroad.com\/?attachment_id=9289\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/steveandmarleneontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20241207-141911-S-PIXL-Lunch-with-Carl-Bonnie-edit.jpg?fit=3280%2C2464&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3280,2464\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1733581147&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.51&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;49&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00833&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20241207 141911 S PIXL Lunch with Carl &amp;#038; Bonnie edit\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/steveandmarleneontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20241207-141911-S-PIXL-Lunch-with-Carl-Bonnie-edit.jpg?fit=1024%2C769&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/steveandmarleneontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20241207-141911-S-PIXL-Lunch-with-Carl-Bonnie-edit-1024x769.jpg?resize=1024%2C769&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/steveandmarleneontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20241207-141911-S-PIXL-Lunch-with-Carl-Bonnie-edit.jpg?resize=1024%2C769&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/steveandmarleneontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20241207-141911-S-PIXL-Lunch-with-Carl-Bonnie-edit.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/steveandmarleneontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20241207-141911-S-PIXL-Lunch-with-Carl-Bonnie-edit.jpg?resize=768%2C577&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/steveandmarleneontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20241207-141911-S-PIXL-Lunch-with-Carl-Bonnie-edit.jpg?resize=1536%2C1154&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/steveandmarleneontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20241207-141911-S-PIXL-Lunch-with-Carl-Bonnie-edit.jpg?resize=2048%2C1538&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/steveandmarleneontheroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20241207-141911-S-PIXL-Lunch-with-Carl-Bonnie-edit.jpg?w=3000&amp;ssl=1 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:30px\">After lunch, we went for a walk on the Bradenton Riverwalk. 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