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
