Seem to be getting a little behind. Stayed in 2 hotels where the internet was not working. Said it was the weather...
How about that hockey game? Sure is nice to be a winner. It was fun to be in the US and be the winner. We went to a little neighborhood pub and had sweet potato fries with marshmellow sauce. Yum more calories. Deb and I did some more shopping and then did the closet thing. So the car should be plumb full by the time I get home. We had a lovely dinner, grilled steaks and asparagus on Sunday. Deb was back to work Monday and I got up bright and early and hit the road. Heading west to the Gulf side of Florida. Stopped in Naples. What a lovely little city. They have a fun place called Tin City which is a collection of little shops all on the beach theme. Then I went to the city centre and there are all the high end shops. The houses in the area are out of this world. I'll tell you something wrong with the side of the fence I live on.
From there I headed to Ft. Myers and saw the Henry Ford and Thomas Edison winter homes. Again, beautiful houses, and manicured gardens. From there I drove to Sarasota and stayed the night. Sure am having trouble in the morning figuring out where I am. The rooms all looked the same. I was a little annoyed that the internet did not work. First thing in the morning I set out to the Ringling Museum of Art. That is the Circus people. The house they lived in is called Ca D'Zan and was just magnificent. Many movies were made there in the "40s. There is also a Museum of Art with all kinds of classics and a traveling display of Rockwell. On top of all this two more buildings to house all the circus memorabilia and another building with a miniature circus. It took almost the whole day to see all this.
I stopped in Tampa and saw a place called the Gas Plant antiques but was quite disappointed. There have been a couple of times points of interested listed in the AMA book have been questionable.
Stayed the night in Tampa and again the internet was not working. Headed out first thing in the morning and within a couple of hours was in Orlando. I went straight to Disney World. WOW.
There is so much to say about Orlando. Disney World is separated into 4 parks and you really do need at least 4 days to see just that. That is assuming you are in good health and have lots of energy. I chose to go to the Epcot centre as I had heard of a ride that is a must see. It is called Soarin' and is like gliding in the air but across the US. It was just amazing. As we were gliding through the Rocky Mountains you could actually smell pine and as we were gliding over an orange grove we could smell oranges. It was really, really great. I felt it was really well organized as I left one event it seemed I was guided into the next one and the next one was just about to begin. I didn't feel like I had to spend any time in line ups. It also was an advantage being one person as I could fill in quite often.
It was wonderful to see all the little children and the awe in their eyes as they spoke to Cinderella of Mickey. Talk about having complete power. It is also pretty neat to see the pride in the Grandparents of these children. Hope I have the experience of seeing my grandchildren doing this. I also think they would get more out of the whole thing being school age.
Sea World is here too and they just had an incidence where a whale dragged a trainer into the water and drowned her. I was going to go today but just was too tired. And the list goes on and on but I will pack up and be going north tomorrow.
It is time to head home.
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