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When we left Walt Disney World in
December to head home for Christmas we left the motor home in
Florida and drove our tow-car home. We left home again on New
Year's Eve and checked in at a campground in Lake Wales Florida on
January 3rd. If you want to read about what we've been doing
before we went back to Disney click on this blue link to follow our
adventures as
ROOKIE
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Tuesday February 1
- We checked in at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground.
It was nice to have a short drive (only 61 miles) and arrive at Fort
Wilderness early in the day! |
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Our last Canopy Oaks sunrise . .
. until next year! |
The RV cast a long, sad shadow as
we left the campground at 9:40. |
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We've been seeing this flock of
storks at the same culvert for a month. |
Orange groves everywhere! |
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We've learned a few shortcuts to
bypass the construction in Lake Wales. |
Both of the dogs settled quickly
on the couch. Jasper is now a veteran traveller. |
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At 10:00 a.m. Carol received a
text message - campsite #703 was
ready for us. We turned from
Highway 27 onto I-4 at 11:00 a.m. |
Only ten minutes later we were on
Disney property. |
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Our Happy Place! |
We took the Fort Wilderness exit
just before the Magic Kingdom gate. |
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We followed another Happy Camper
as we drove to the campground. |
At 11:15 we were home. |
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We were all set up in our
campsite by 1:45 and picked up out rental golf cart. |
Carol took the golf cart to The
Meadow to browse the shop. |
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At 4:00 we took the boys to the
dog park. Jasper met Stella. |
They bonded quickly.
(Do you see Stella's Hidden Mickey?) |
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They ran and they rassled! |
Then the rested and ran and they
rassled some more. |
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Jake made friend too! |
Here we are, all set up for the
week. |
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We drove to the Polynesian Resort
for dinner at Kona Café. |
At 7:00 p.m. we headed back home
to meet friends Curtis and Alek. |
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Wednesday February 2
- We spent most of the day at EPCOT enjoying the Festival of the
Arts. |
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These two were having a drink as
we left the campground. |
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We always enjoy the Festival of
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The Chorizo and Potato Empanata
was terrific! |
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Carol had the Grilled Cheese, I
had the Bacon, Apple and Brie Grilled Cheese. |
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This guy snuck up behind me and
ate half of my sandwich! |
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We rode Soarin' with this guy! |
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Can we go to the dog park Momma? |
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Thursday February -
Animal Kingdom in the morning, EPCOT in the evening. |
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As we entered Animal Kingdom we
ran into DeVine.
The first time we've seen her in
a few years! |
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The safari was good today.
Lots of animals posed for us. |
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The setting sun turned Spaceship
Earth a brilliant gold as we passed by. |
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The Broadway stars put on a great
show for us! |
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We wrapped up our day with dinner
at Teppan Edo. |
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Friday Feb
4 - Morning at Magic Kingdom, evening at EPCOT |
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I almost ran over this armadillo
with the golf cart this morning. |
A bright, sunny day was ahead of
us! |
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We took a spin with Buzz
Lightyear. |
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The hot dogs at Casey's are
always great! |
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This is the 'clean-up crew' at
Casey's. |
Back at the campsite we relaxed
for a while! |
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We headed back to EPCOT to meet a
few Disney Artists. Carol bought prints
from Don 'Ducky' Williams and
Alex Maher who were both there to sign them. |
We also met our friends Curtis
and Alek and had a nice visit with them. |
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The display of coloured lights on
Spaceship Earth can be dazzling. |
As we left the park we enjoyed
the 'Rainbow Connection' light show
set to the song by Kermit and
Miss Piggy. Wonderful! |
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Saturday Feb 5
- We had a short drive to the KOA in Naples FL - 197 miles |
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It was a leisurely morning; we
got away at 10:00 a.m.. |
Carol said, "It's much easier to
leave Disney when you know you're not going home!" |
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We saw plenty of pretty areas . .
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. . . and crossed some
magnificent waterways . . . |
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. . . but it was overcast and
dreary with occasional showers.
It wasn't as pretty as it could
have been. |
Our exit came into view at 2:30. |
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The street leading to the
campground was very inviting! |
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The pool and hot tub were
inviting too!
But the campsite isn't so hot.
The place is really cramped. I had to back the RV up a few
feet when we saw that our living room slide-out was going to hit the
awning of the motor home next door. |
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We'll be
continuing our Snowbird adventure for another two months.
We'll soon be off to the Florida Keys, then make a few stops on the
Gulf Coast before heading to Savannah Georgia and Charleston South
Carolina. If you want to follow along just click on the blue
link here:
ROOKIE
SNOWBIRDS |
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