Blogs from Kissimmee, Florida, United States, North America - page 18

They're coming, they're coming! Not the British as Paul Revere yelled but more of our family who are arriving today (Wednesday). Cory and I drove to the Orlando Airport to pick up our youngest son, Tim, and our youngest grandchild, Conner. We passed the time at the airport watching the huge lines of travelers go through the inspection lines.....worse than Disney lines. Sad faces either from the long wait or the fact that they were leaving sunny Florida. Tim & Conner arrived @ 4:30 PM. Absolutely terrific to see them again. They were as excited to be here as we were to have them. Cory got us through the tangled web of traffic leaving this huge, busy airport. They hadn't eaten so that was top on the priority list. We stopped at an Applebee's on Rt.192. ... read more

Sunday afternoon and the bug had us. Not the rotten no-see-um bugs or the nasty black love bugs.....we were ready to roam again and had the cruising bug. Are all of you with us? Where to go; what to do? Of course, we are contemplating this at 2:30 in the afternoon. Too late to do much or go far. Ponder, ponder, ponder. It's Palm Sunday so many places are closed. We are concentrating on eateries at this time of day.....surprised? I bet not. We mark off those we have already been to this year. What is still on our bucket list? "I know, I know" bellows Lulu. "GARY'S!" Yeah....she's right. We have been to Gary's Oyster Bar & Restaurant in the past years but not this year. It is located in Lake Alfred. This is the ... read more

Get your dancing shoes oiled up and ready to do some high stepping jigs. Today, many, many, many folks from our park gathered together for a very successful block party. The Tropical Palms staff organized it. Excellent job, staff! Chairs were set up and lined two streets in the Sandcastle section. A huge bandstand held two, magnificent bands. First up was the Greg Warren band followed by the famous The Dukes (they play routinely at Old Town). Both were terrific....very loud.....Lulu held her ears....but still toe-tapping great. The party offered refreshments at a minimal charge. It began at 1:00 PM and ended at 7:00 PM. Hours of those good old "oldies" played that had many singing and dancing. We sat in front of George and Carole's RV. When the first band ended, we used the intermission ... read more

"Let It Ride", "Twenty-One", "Know When to Hold 'Em", "One Arm Bandit", "WINNING!", "Yowhee", "Yippee", "Rats!"- all comments we hollered and heard last evening. We were thoroughly and enjoyably entertained last night by our Tropical Palms Resort staff. They brought in lots of authentic gaming equipment and dealers to provide us with an evening of good food, great gambling and exciting door prizes.....all in an festive, fun-filled atmosphere. I hope you had your gambling glove and lucky charm with you so you could be one of the winners. I had my lucky charm with me = Cory. Of course, as par, I lost all my "free" money on the slots and he won his mega load of chips on the crap table. Whew! Those hard sixes do it all the time! Then, those winnings turned into ... read more

Hang on.....its been challenging for me to keep up with all my blogs. Too many adventures! I need to clump some of these together. I know you don't mind. You have been flexible and understanding since the beginning. We were invited to Connie and Fran (Fram, as some people like to call him) Curran's for a delicious homemade meal. Lulu figured she was on the invite list so sauntered (best she could) down the road with us. Connie likes to cook and you can really tell it! Everything she serves is delicious and perfect. She could have her own food truck or restaurant and the crowds would come! She is like our own Rachael Ray of the park. Sam & Sandy were invited, also. What a grand evening sharing her fabulous food with great friends. Fran ... read more