Blogs from Kissimmee, Florida, United States, North America - page 8

Yes, Yes, Yes! Many of our friends are arriving here at Tropical Palms. There are still many more yet to arrive, though. Sadly some of our dear friends aren’t returning this year. We’ll save a seat at the table for them, though. They will be missed! Dave and Linda pulled in the other day. It’s great riding around on our golf cart and now see a familiar RV parked in a familiar site. Better yet, it’s even greater to see the people who have traveled in that RV to get here. We were glad we could be part of the welcoming committee for Dave and Linda. What a happy and great couple. We feel like the Walmart greeter......remember that’s my favorite store. Walt and Jon had arrived to greet them before us. Diane & Patti gathered ... read more

Today was the Buffalo Bills Game Day. Go Bills! Tragically our Internet and TV service was down in our RV and throughout our park. Gag & Choke & Growl. Fear not — where there’s a will, there’s a way. We jumped aboard our blue golf cart and headed along up to Old Town and Frogger’s. Frogger’s is a sport’s bar at the far end of Old Town. With a little squeezing together, most of you managed to get on the golf cart to watch this game with us. It helped that Lulu isn’t a football fan so stayed behind to catch up on her beauty sleep. She would only need a quick nap if that’s the case. Of course, not all of you are Bill’s Fans but since we were at a sports bar, you could ... read more

Slowly, very slowly.....we are getting ourselves all settled in as we settle down. It’s so nice to take things at a slow pace. What an extreme. Before we left “home”, we were working at “our house” and polebarn like busy, busy beavers. Cory carried more of the load than I did but cleaning and scouring our house was no little task for me. I was whipped when done. Lulu supervised the whole process. But we all know how limited her participation was. Now, here at Tropical Palms, we go for morning coffee at the lobby. Art and Ray are there for us to chat with and j... read more

We made it to Disney World! We got up early for our 6am Central flight, ran through our connection in Atlanta, and arrived in Orlando at 11:15 Eastern. Disney is absolutely excellent at helping make people's vacations easy to enjoy. We made our way through the airport to the Magical Express, boarded our complimentary shuttle, and left almost immediately for our resort. The kids enjoyed watching the Disney videos on the shuttle, and we arrived at our Fort Wilderness Resort around noon. I'll go into more detail on our resort on another blog post. For now, I wanted to share our first dinner experience. There's another Disney resort, Wilderness Lodge, that is a short ferry ride away from our resort. Disney has two complimentary ferries that do a loop, going from Fort Wilderness to Wilderness Lodge ... read more

Just like I promised....here is my update on how I celebrated my mega (75th) birthday. I’m sure you have been waiting for this with bated breath (FYI: that’s a phrase from Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice). But first allow me to thank each and every one of you who sent me so many wonderful birthday wishes! They numbered far more than my current age so that helped to minimize, in my mind, my increasing number of years. I’m old enough to remember watching the TV show “Life Begins at 80” with my parents. The future looks promising. Thank you, again. You are the best! May 5th.....my birth date....began with a familiar ritual: eating! Our dear friends, Sam & Sandy, joined us at The Olive Garden restaurant as we consumed tasty Italian dishes. Cory ordered their giant meatball ... read more