Two Hams on the Road

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida!

We left home on Friday, targeting for 11 am and actually pulling out around 1 pm.  Since on our first big trip we left 2 days late, and on our second, 1 day late, I figure we’re making progress.  We drove out to the farm to pick up Reston and Reston and Betsy’s luggage.  Then we headed for Indy to pick up Betsy from work and on we rolled!

Thanks to Reston helping with the driving we made great progress.  Traffic was heavy at times, but our only bad incident was a car on fire on the side of the road.  It looked like the car might have been being towed, as there were people with another vehicle standing and watching it burn.  We passed before the first responders got there, but just barely.  I checked the news the next day and no  one was hurt.

We drove to just north of Nashville, pulled into a KOA, opened the slides and fell asleep.  Steve had us up early the next day and we headed for Disney World.  We arrived about 9:30 pm and with both Reston and I to help, we were parked fairly quickly.  And again, we just fell into bed.

Sunday was a recovery day.  After some discussion, Betsy and Reston chose to head for Hollywood Studios while Steve and I took Obi to the Best Friends Kennel.  Unfortunately, we ran into a snag there.  They don’t give shots, so can’t give Obi his medication.  Ouch!  Our alternatives were to go to the kennel twice a day to give him his shots or find another kennel. 

Last year Obi had stayed at Miss Emily’s Bed and Biscuit and even liked it.  But it’s about an hour away.  I gave them a call and they will give shots, so off we went.  After he was settled, we headed back to Disney.  Betsy and Reston had gone back to the trailer and then headed for the beach at Fort Wilderness.  When they came back, we headed out to see Christmas decorations.  First a boat to the Magic Kingdom for a quick dinner at Casey’s corner and some pictures.

Then we grabbed a ride on the monorail over to the Grand Floridian hotel to see the ginger bread house and all the decorations.  The ginger bread house actually is tall enough that it houses a shop that sells goodies.

Then it was back to Fort Wilderness by monorail and boat and we all crashed again.

Betsy and Reston seem to be adapting well to our life in a trailer.  Reston has been going to the comfort station (restrooms, showers and laundry) for his showers.  It’s very close, so it’s convenient.

Monday we went to Universal studios to see the Harry Potter lands – Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley.  Poor Betsy couldn’t go on any of the rides – they are all classified as rollercoasters and she’s pregnant.  I’m not a roller coaster person, but loved the Hogwarts ride!  Steve and Reston went on the Gringott’s ride in Diagon Alley and convinced me that I’d like it.  Wrong! 

But we had lunch, including butterbeer, at the Three Broomsticks in Hogsmeade, which was very good.  Then we split and Steve and I went to listen to the Blues Brothers, while eating Ben and Jerry’s.  Life’s rough!

We met up again at an animal show and then headed back to Fort Wilderness.  After a quick dinner, Betsy and Reston went off to the campfire to toast marshmallows and meet Chip and Dale.  Then again we crashed.

Everyone’s about ready to leave this morning, so I’m going to get this posted without any photos.

More later!

Deb