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Tanner even got a little JoJo doll signed. We spent all day meeting characters. Teressa got to ride a couple of roller coasters, Jaymie got to go into a haunted mansion, and I got a smoked turkey leg (maybe that’s why I’m so tired). If ya want to see the pictures, they are here. I’m tired, later!
Let’s just say the new ride at Animal Kingdom kicked my ass today. Let’s just say I can’t hardly walk now.Â
Today, we spent most of the day in Animal Kingdom, and had a blast. We probably crossed the park 4 or 5 times. I’ve never been able to spend more than about 2 to 3 hours in Animal Kingdom, but the girls kept me busy. We stayed in Animal Kingdom until they kicked us out this evening. Plans were to spend half the day in MGM, but we did not even make it over there until after 6:30, and they closed at 7:30. We’re going to end up starting at MGM and finishing at Magic Kingdom tomorrow evening. We’re gonna spend all Saturday in Epcot, at least that’s the current plans. Weather here was beautiful, hot and dry.
Tanner gets to meet JoJo tomorrow…Â Today’s pictures are here.
I’m beat, I need to head to bed, talk at ya tomorrow!
Well, today is Wednesday, we are in Orlando, in a fantastic 2 bedroom condo just outside the gates for Disney. We have the condo until Sunday, and the best part is I got it on barter through Henry Street Trading Company. No complaints there…
OK, last post was Monday, I was going to get some pictures posted, but things got busy, and we ended up being too tired to do anything last night. I’ve got some pictures posted in a new gallery, they are here:
http://www.tjtryon.com/gallery/view.php?gallery_id=68
OK, day 5 was fantastic. We got an early start on Duval, right after breakfast, and walked the entire length of Duval and back, window shopping, t-shirt shopping, and sightseeing the whole way. We decided to stop at Margaritaville for lunch (suprised?), and decided shortly thereafter to head back to the hotel for some pool time. Back at the hotel, we swam for a few hours, with Tanner in the pool for her first time. She was not quite sure what that was about, but soon enough she felt comfortable sitting on Mama’s lap on the pool steps and spashing away, while TBear and I threw a nerf football around the pool. By the way, if you get a nerf football for the pool, get one that is made for pool use; the one we had was not, and weighed about 20 pounds once it filled up with water.
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After a few hours, we got out of the pool, and headed on into old town, to hit the Sunset Celebration. The hope was to see Silverman, and for Jaymie and TBear to have their pictures from last year autographed. Unfortunatly, he was not in town this week (he’ll be back in a week or two, we were told), so maybe next time. We enjoyed the show anyways. Be sure to check out the pictures.
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Today is vacation day 6, we got up, had breakfast and drove to Orlando. Tomorrow is Disney. I’m sure I will have lots to say tomorrow, but today, I’m tired. I’m off to bed.
We had a wonderful couple of days visiting with Oma and Fredel, and today we wished them a happy journey to Germany, where they will spend the next six months (they leave Thursday), hit the road and went on our way…Â
“Well I hope you understand, I just had to go back to the island.” – JB
Today, we made our way a little further south. We settled somewhere southwest of disorder, in a little tiny unheard of town called Key West. OK, yeah, I know, you heard of it… I normally like to stay somewhere around the Duval party area, but with both the girls, and with a third one along the way, I decided it would be better to stay a little bit away from that scene. We’re on the opposite side of the island, about as far as you can be from Duval/Front and still be on the island. That almost was what I wanted… I forgot that this side of the island is the flyway for the airport that is like 1/2 mile away…
Regardless, we are on Key West, have a great hotel room overlooking the pool as well as the Atlantic, and a decent day planned for tomorrow. We will be heading over to Mallory Square tomorrow evening, as the lovely wife and Teressa want to get Silverman’s signature on the 8×10’s we printed from the last few times we came here, when they saw Silverman. It’s gonna be a good day tomorrow, and life is good. There is nothing better than having my family together in Paradise…
I’ll have some pictures posted tomorrow…
Until then, have Tropical Dreamz!
Today was Tanner’s first “official” trip to the beach, and as you can tell from the picture, we ended up at Sanibel. It was very windy, and the water was COLD, with air temps in the mid-60s and the water temps about the same. Since it was so cold and windy, we only stayed a little bit, but Tanner and Teressa seemed to enjoy the time we had there. Nobody really got in the water, but Teressa, Tanner and myself did get our feet wet. Tanner seemed to enjoy trying to eat the sand, and was squinting the whole time from the sun. Unfortunatly, she will not keep a hat or sunglasses on long enough to benefit from them. Tomorrow the weather is supposed to warm to the upper 70s, but the water will not warm much, if any. I think this is going to lend itself to us leaving a day early for Key West, where the water should be in the mid 70s and the air in the mid to upper 80s.
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My laptop battery is getting ready to die, I’ll update more later. Y’all have a great day!
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Gawd, I love cellular internet access. We’re currently cruzin’ down I75, just north of Tampa, heading to St. Pete. We made it to Floirida in roughly 12 hours, great ride, no traffic, and since it was an overnight run, the girls handled the ride well (in their sleep). I’ll have spotty internet access over the next week, so don’t expect tons of updates, but I will get some posts, as well as some pictures over the next week. Plans so far are to spend tonight at Gretchen’s in St. Pete, then head on down to Oma’s for a couple of days. TLW (the lovely wife) gave a thumbs up to Key West, so we will probably leave for there Monday AM late, and leave Key West Wednesday morning to head on up to Orlando, where we will stay until early Sunday morning.
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First and foremost, if you like JB, you should check out “The Boat Drunks”. Their website is at http://www.boatdrunks.com/ It’s more island music, and they’ve been getting alot of play on Radio Margaritaville lately, and for good reason. They just produced another batch of their debut album, This Ain’t Duval Street, which is available on their website for $12 including shipping, well worth the money.
Speaking of boat drunks, Moose and I were discussing what the drink of the year is going to be on the boat, and we need some suggestions. When we got the Tequila Monkey, that year, the drink was JaegerBombs. Last year, it was Margaritas, and lots of Parrot Bay and Diet Coke. As I am not allowed to drink Tequila anymore, we’re looking for a good easy to make, preferably Rum based drink that we can make on the boat, which means no blender, and a limit on the number of mixers necessary. I don’t want to get into the same “boat” as we did last year, dragging 10 or 12 bottles on the boat each weekend, it was messy and expensive. Please leave me a comment with your favorite boat drink.
Today is Sandy’s (Grandma Z) birthday. Happy birthday… Be sure to stop on by their blog and leave her an “Old Lady” comment. 
Their blog is at: http://zimmo.tryonfamily.comÂ
I’m beat, just got off work, time for me to hit the sack and start it all over again first thing in the am…Â At least I only have a couple more days of this until ***VACATION***
So, last night the lovely wife picked up the Munch-e-kin from Grandma and Grandpa Z.’s house. She kept her awake until I got home, so that made my day. They kidnapped her for a couple of days on Saturday, giving Mom and Dad a break, which we are always thankful for, though this time they returned damaged goods, looking like she went 10 rounds with a boxer…
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Now that she’s getting more mobile, she’s also getting more brave. She’s been grabbing on everything to pull herself up, tables, chairs, pants legs, and this time, it was Porter’s harness (their dog). Porter apparently didn’t like it, and he bounced her off their entertainment center.
First off, Tanner’s quite OK. No problems, no concusion, just quite a shiner. Grandma and Grandpa Z feel really bad about it, but we all know it was an accident, and everything is fine. Babies fall down and get hurt all the time, just a fact of life when you are learning to walk… More than anything, I just posted the pictures to pick on them a bit… (love ya!) Give her a couple of days, and she’ll be no worse for wear…
We’re even going to let them kidnap her again tomorrow, while we pack for the trip. Hopefully they don’t return her looking like a racoon.Â
Yeah, I know I’m a little chattier than normal tonight, I’m stuck at work waiting on QA verification of a software deployment.Â
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That’s all for now, I’ve talked too much.