St. Augustine, Florida

After the hectic three days at Disney, Keith and I decided to travel a bit out of our way and so we headed east, to the coast of Florida.  We landed in St. Augustine, FL at a neat RV park that is on a barrier island boarded by the intercoastal waterway on one end and the Atlantic on the other.

The beach was comprised of millions of shells.  Shells..everywhere.  It was really interesting.   It was nice to spend one last bit near the ocean.

While body surfing the waves, Keely felt something hit her hand--her middle finger is all swollen and we're pretty sure she got hit by a jellyfish----we found quite a few washed up on shore.

Poor thing--first her fingers get slammed in the door and now she gets stung.  At least it was her other hand.  

Disney World

We had three full days at Disney World.   It was a loong, three days.  We stayed at Fort Wilderness, Disney's campground.  It was very, very nice.  The pool was great, the showers were great, the site was great--the only downside was that there wasn't any wifi.  Really, though, who has time to go online when you're at Disney?!?!?

We went to Downtown Disney the day we arrived and ate at Wolfgang Puck's Express.  Yummy food.  The Lego store was under refurbishment, which was a bit of a disappointment for the kids.

Disney isn't Keith's cup o' tea, but he was a trooper and spent some time with us in the parks--all three days.

Our first day was at Epcot.   Epcot's Flower festival was happening, so there was plenty to see.  We ate that night at Teppen Edo in Japan.

Our 2nd day was in Magic Kingdom and it was crowded and hot.  Blech.  I didn't even take the camera out until night time when we returned to catch some rides, the fireworks and the 2nd Electrical parade, which started at 11 pm. We had a fantastic spot over by the Hall of Presidents.  I think we finally crawled into bed about 1 am.

Our last day was spent at Hollywood Studios, making sure we got to ride Midway Mania and heading back over to Epcot to catch Test Track one last time......

All in all, it was a good trip, with plenty of smiles and only a bit....

of grumpiness.....

A Little Disney Meet Up

It turns out that Moira, another internet friend, was at Disney the same week we were.  Her family is on vacation (currently living waaayyyyy North, like up in the Arctic, North).  We met for coffee at Downtown Disney.

On Our Way to Disney World

We headed east today through Mississippi and Alabama and into Northern Florida.  It was a nice drive.  The water was beautiful and Mobile, AL looks like a really nice city....

We pulled into Mariana, FL - the campsite is pretty nice for one night.

You do have to watch out for the slow children though.  ;)

We noticed  a few vendors on the side of the road selling boiled peanuts.  Having never head of boiled peanuts, we purchased a can to try out later - along with the Blue Bell ice cream I keep hearing about.

One more day, one more campground and then we pull into Fort Wilderness.