I'm only 2 hours away from Tampa, so I'd love to come up one of those days. I don't think I could do a whole weekend, I still have pets to take care of at home. Maybe on sat for the BBQ......this way I get out of wearing a bathing suit in public. LOL

Also all Motel 6's allow pets, there not the best but they work in a pinch. I have found some Hotel/Motel's that are pet friendly only allow small pets. You might want to check into that. I know I got hung once with a hotel that said they where pet friendly, but when I got there they said Tuffy was to large, they only took 20lb or less dogs. So it was off to Motel 6.