re: Florida/Tampa folks with good knowledge of Raymond James.......

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Just drove that I-75 drive today. Absolutely awful. If you want to avoid the road construction north of Tampa you can get on the veterans expressway/suncoast parkway. Drive it till it ends, get on 98, then Florida 121. That runs into Gainesville right at 75. You can get to the veterans expressway from the stadium.

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Funny you say that, because the closest and most sense making Holiday Inn/Hilton (which I had free rooms with from points) is in Crystal River, right in that area. After dealing with everything last year I know it's gonna be 3 AM before we get there, but we'll just hit up a Quick Trip, chug a few Starbucks frozen drinks and roll on.