Brooksville Florida, learn me.

Next stop in the travel nursing merry go round is Brooksville, FL.

I know it's about a hour north of Tampa. I have friend who worked at the same hospital and is hooking me up with some needed places to stay.

What say ye old wise GRM?

I looked it up on the map and noticed it is 1.5 hours from The Challenge.  Will you be there that weekend?  Thurs Oct 21 to 23?

Not much learnin to be done.  Used to be a really small town, suburbia is growing out that way so some new chain spots and decent retail.  Center-ish of the state, so not a lot going on.  Ocala national forest is a nice drive.  If you road bike there is a terrific, long bike path nearby.  Airport was used for a lot of autocross clubs but you always had to be on the list since it was an active site.  Contractor came in to park planes so most of the racing is in the past unfortunately.

You'll want to get a Sunpass for the tolls, sold at Publix.  The Suncoast Parkway is a straight shot down into Tampa.

In reply to John Welsh :

Maybe. I'm trying to figure out what my schedule will be.

In reply to glueguy (Forum Supporter) :

Already have one from the one failed contract down near Miami.

I'm originally from Dade City. Pasco county is, uh... suboptimal. 

In reply to mblommel :

I'm just there for the cash and snowbird weather... then I can go out and buy more E36 M3boxes.

The Firm, in Starke, isn't a terrible drive from there. They host track days almost every weekend and some of the coolest rallyx events you'll find.  Nitro rallyx is also racing there in December. 

Brooksville is always the "coldest spot" on our local weather maps in Tampa Bay so you will still run into winter. Might not be the winter you're are used to but it may get down to freezing a few times if you are there through Feb.

glueguy (Forum Supporter) said:

Not much learnin to be done.  Used to be a really small town, suburbia is growing out that way so some new chain spots and decent retail.  Center-ish of the state, so not a lot going on.  Ocala national forest is a nice drive.  If you road bike there is a terrific, long bike path nearby.  Airport was used for a lot of autocross clubs but you always had to be on the list since it was an active site.  Contractor came in to park planes so most of the racing is in the past unfortunately.

You'll want to get a Sunpass for the tolls, sold at Publix.  The Suncoast Parkway is a straight shot down into Tampa.

 

 

Not a lot more to say than that, honestly.  Get ready to deal with rednecks, cause that area is full of them.  

Plenty of us GRM'ers in Tampa and surrounding areas to have beers with?

Grandmother, Mom, and oldest bro lived there for a while. Visited a number of times. Lots of old people. 

In reply to vwcorvette (Forum Supporter) :

Old people? No E36 M3? Lol it's "gods waiting room" for a reason.

In reply to Mr_Asa :

Plenty of them types of people everywhere I go...

Old people?  The old people live down in the Bradenton area now, their parents live in St Pete.

For attractions, look up Lead Foot City and Coney Island hot dogs. And Karl's paddle boards in Homosassa. On your way to or from Gainesville, be sure to visit the Big Daddy Don Garlits museums just south of Ocala.