Trip 01

Because most of the packing was completed the night before, we got an early start for our trip home. We left between 8 and 9 am. The return trip was uneventful. It was our longest drive of the trip. It was about 625 miles and about 9 and one half hours. The traffic was easy […]

Today was supposed to be spent at Hollywood Studios in Walt Disney World. Instead, we spent a restful day at our hotel in Kissimmee, Florida. Marlene still had some pain in her ribs so that she could not ride some of the bouncier rides. We could have continued our trip and skipped those rides, except

Today is our second day in Walt Disney World. We are spending the day at the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, EPCOT. We began our day in Future World West . Our first stop was at the Disney and Pixar Short Film Festival. It was a unique combination of old Disney cartoons and Pixar technology.

Or perhaps the not so Magic Kingdom today. We started our day a little before 9 am. While the day turned out well, it started very poorly. Several rides were out of service for a good part of the day. At one point, all of the rides in Frontier Land, plus Pirates of the Caribbean

We spent the day visiting a museum, walking on the beach, and tracking down a large sculpture. The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature in Bradenton is an interesting combination of displays. They have a manatee rehab facility, a planetarium, and great displays about the history of Florida. One of the most informative exhibits in

Today we drove from from Tallahassee Florida to Bradenton Florida to see Steve’s brother Carl and his wife Bonnie. It was a long drive compared with the other drives we have done so far. While the drive was long, the day was easy. After arriving at Carl and Bonnie’s beautiful condo, we spent the afternoon

Today we turned toward home in two ways. First, we are half way through our first trip so we are heading toward home. Second, our agenda for today was to visit Marlene’s home town, Lynn Haven Florida. Our first stop on today’s agenda was a Florida Visitor Center. We got some brochures for the Florida

Plans are great until they do not work. Today was one of those days. The troubles actually began the night before. Yesterday was laundry day. We had picked a hotel with laundry available. Except the dryer was very slow. The laundry was not complete until after 1 am, and it was not folded and put