Blogs from Kissimmee, Florida, United States, North America - page 22

Lots of celebration going on here at a Tropical Palms since our arrival back on land. Cory and Sam made their annual bet on the Super Bowl. Sam has lost the bet these past two years so they have had to treat us to some very fine meals. Whoa...what an ending to the game....what's happening?? - the tide has turned and Sam won the bet this time. Hooray for Sam and Boo-Hoo to us. We had become accustomed being the winners. A shock to our systems. Lucky Bucky has lost his mojo. We are now to treat Sam & Sandy to an evening at the Cheesecake Factory. Sam has already forewarned us he is ending his meal with five hot fudge sundaes. I am applying for a job at the first aid center at Disney World ... read more

We go from a couch potato life to a whirlwind life.?....????Sometimes, it takes a bit to catch up with ourselves. Pant, pant, pant! We haven't gone on any major excursions for a couple days but we still are not leaving any grass on the path. Tuesday night, we visited with friends at another end of this park. Their location was better to view a rocket launch from Cape Canaveral. We all gathered around, waiting in anticipation. Finally at 8:04 PM, the glowing flare sailed high above us into Never, Never Land. It was gleeful to watch. And better yet, with good friends. Yesterday, Sam & Cory went to the mega Mecum Car Auction. You often can see it televised on TV. They have rows upon rows of huge tents (someone said they spend a half million ... read more

Today included a few household chores. First, was doing the wash. Fortunately we have a washer and dryer inside our motor home. Makes it an easy chore to do. Cory called Universal Studios and renewed our annual passes. A couple visits to this park and the passes pay for themselves so any other time we go is just gratis. It pays for the parking and takes a discount off the food and souvenirs, also. This year is really going to be something. They have opened the big, new Harry Potter park.....we shall be in an authentic replica of London once we travel on the special train that takes us there. All I care about, really, is getting the butter beer. I love butter beer! It is a cream soda lovers delight. It is like cream soda ... read more

Our site is all set up. I think it looks wonderful. It may be a bit overboard for some but at least, if you are looking for us, we are easy to find. My various lawn ornaments are all in place....like a small amusement park (no tickets needed) you can gingerly wander through. No rides though...just creatures. The park removed the large palm tree that grew on this site so Cory attached our small, light-up tree to the stump. It works! Not as big but much brighter and beautiful at night. Cory put up our little canopy. It had four built in lights and then he added more along the top edges.....whoooo......bee- u - tee- ful! Actually, just breathtaking. We shall call it The Lighthouse! He put multicolored lights around the bottom of our RV.....more beauty! ... read more

Today began at the Daytona Flea Market. We left our RV at the dumpy motel and drove across the road to the flea market.....we were conveniently located so that is our lemonade for this place. I think we were the only white people at this motel. The Flea Market was okay...not as exciting as we remembered. Mostly junk and cell phone holders. We did make a couple purchases...junk or not. Lulu had a good time so I guess it was worth it. It doesn't take much for her to fit right in to her surroundings. A true show-off. Now we are on I-4 heading to our winter home site: Tropical Palms (Kissimmee). We usually travel to Tampa and across as we need to get de- winterized. We either go to Lazy Days where we bought the ... read more