December 2024

On our way to southern Florida, we stopped in the Tampa Bay area to visit family. We had a great visit with them. Carl and Bonnie treated us to lunch at their golf club. After lunch, we went for a walk on the Bradenton Riverwalk. It was an enjoyable walk. We saw some manatees and […]

Every adventure at EPCOT starts near Spaceship Earth. We were here first thing and last thing of the day. We walked to the back of EPCOT for our first ride of the day. After that, we went to Soarin’ to ride around the world. We saw beautiful scenery and wonderful landmarks. It is a new

Every trip to the Magic Kingdom includes a walk to Cinderella’s Castle. Ours was no exception. We spent about 20 minutes here because we had arrived early. We had to wait for “rope drop” when the staff literally drop a barrier rope to open the access to the rides. Today will definitely be a shorter

Today is the first of three days at Walt Disney World. We went to Hollywood Studios first. The Star Wars section of Hollywood Studios was under construction the last time we were here. We decided to go there first before the lines got too long. Since we did not stay on site, we had to

We went on a free tour of Sally Dark Rides this morning. They build and install rides and attractions at amusement parks. It was both entertaining and educational. The business was started by a dentist after he did a project at dentistry school. He built a working model of a head with moving parts for

Today we started our last road trip to visit national parks and state capitols. By the end of this trip, we will have visited 49 state capitols and all 51 national parks in the contiguous US and the 2 national parks in Hawaii. We have not yet visited the capitol of Alaska or the 8