Ye Olde Rollins Krewe at Gasparilla 2009!

One of the biggest events that happens each year here in Florida is the Gasparilla Pirate Festival in Tampa!  The event is homage to the Spanish pirate, Jose Gaspar, who terrorized the waters off of Florida in the 1800's.  Today it is a street festival and parade that celebrates all that is fun about being a pirate! Oh ya, and there are beads... lots of them! 

It is another great event unique to Florida that definitely adds to the fun we have down here!  This was my first time attending, and honestly, I'm not sure how I managed to not take part in it these past few years!  

This is a picture of the "Rollins Krewe" in downtown Tampa after having brunch last Sunday morning.  You can see the  Jose Gasparilla, the ship that invades Tampa each year to officially start the Gasparilla Festival, behind us in this picture!  

Keep looking in your mailboxes as we continue to send out admission decisions each week!  Good luck!