Travel: Tampa, Fl

When it comes to adventure, Captain Crash can get pretty diverse. While primarily this website focuses on the mountainous treks into the wilderness, some times the members of Team Crash just like to do a little traveling to another city for awhile. Afterall, we're mostly suburb-folks ourselves, and Crash has a special appreciation for history and architecture. Some times we're just passing through and other times we're staying a few days while following a beloved Pittsburgh sports team but dammit we always make it a bit of an adventure so from time to time the pictures end up here in special Travel Blogs.

It's been awhile since I posted a Travel Blog but my current Winter Boycott makes it a perfect time to post up some pictures from my southward travels. For spring break, Bilo and I decided to take our annual Penguins Pilgrimage to the Sunshine state, and old pals Mary and Ashley jumped at a chance to escape to some beaches. After camping for awhile in South Carolina, we arrived at the Tampa Bay area for the unique combination of seashores and ice hockey.

First things first we had to make ourselves known. Team Crash takes sign making quite seriously when we go to road games, so we had to devote a little time at the hotel to it. Not to mention I had already christened the Jeep to make sure everyone else knew why we were there.

That evening we made our way to the St. Pete Times Forum to watch our beloved Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Tampa Bay Lightning. While our seats weren't all that great, we got to clown around with the players at the glass during the warm-ups.

 

And the final score...

Pens 3

Lightning: 1

Woooooooo!

To celebrate another awesome victory we made our way through downtown to Tampa's renowned  Channelside Plaza to eat, drink, and be merry! We had actually run into some friends at the game and met them for some drinks that night.

The next morning we left our hotel and visited the wonderful beaches of Clearwater before making our way out to Ft. Lauderdale for some more hockey action. Do it.

Tampa turned out to be a pretty happenin' town for being in a state full of old people. We really enjoyed ourselves but we had more Penguins action across the state. Get there.

GO PENS!!!

-Crash