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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Part 2 Orlando Florida

Hi everyone, well firstly sorry for the delay - I have had some major issues with my blog not saving anything, but all sorted now - hopefully! So here goes:

Well the forecast was for thunderstorms so Dave headed off to Kennedy Space Centre while I stayed back to do the washing.

















Space Shuttle - Hall Of Fame.
Of course the weather was fine - no thunderstorm, so after I finished the washing I headed down to the pool:



Very relaxing!




By the time Dave got back I was really relaxed - After 4 Margarita's :)
So of course I had to get him one too:

A lovely way to spend the Arvo!














Yes I did suffer from drinking in the sun - but what the hell, you only live once!

The next morning it was off to Disneyland, as we only had 1 day we chose Animal Kingdom as it had rides & animals:

























The day started off pretty good, I even went on a ride with Dave!!!!!!!!
Then he went on a tame Rollercoaster:
Very Tame!

Then he wanted to go on this one

But he didnt't get that far as his cart got stuck here:



For 30 to 40 very long minutes in the 100 degree heat!!!!!!!!! I was beside myself on the ground. Nobody came to tell us anything. They just closed the ride & sent everyone away. 
Relatives we ringing to see where family members were - I couldn’t do that we only have 1 phone!
A lady beside me spoke to her husband, he was stuck in the tunnel - they got off first - so then I knew Dave was obviously on the cart stuck outside!

When he eventually came out - he was fine & more concerned about which ride to do next - I was not impressed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The shine had definitely gone off Disneyland, We took the safari walk to look at some animals:

A very big boy








After that we decided to head off, we had McDonalds for lunch just up the road & spotted this Caravan:
very spacey looking

Then we decided to go to Gatorland:





This was well worth the money, hundreds if not thousands of Alligators & Crocodiles:




They even had white ones, they are not Albino, they have a special gene they shows up about every 100 years!



Very weird looking
They had heaps of wild birds in the parks as well:







Even these fella’s: Emu’s


It was a great afternoon - & no rides :)
Oh except this one but even Dave thought this one could be a bit hairy:

This is over a croc pool

Ahh they made it - alive!

The next morning we left Orland at 5am & headed to Georgia, It was a pretty uneventful trip just a bit of Fog:


Georgia's border


We passed these buses on the way - we think they were taken to be renovated - we hope!

No windows or seats!
I had forgotten about all the billboards that they have on the highways - its amazing:
Just Amazing how many there are!

We pulled up at a little place called Locust Grove in Georgia just after lunch & decided that was it for the day & found a motel. 
After checking in we decided to have a look at a Western Store that we had been reading Billboards about for the last 20 mile! It was called The Horse Store. 
Wow - it was great! Lots of Stuffed animals:













Lots of Belts & Boots:

A wide selection of Bling Belts

Boots everywhere



& Saddles Galore:

amazing

& Spurs:



We had the best time just walking around looking at everything - we also brought ourselves a Boot Bag to keep our boots in :)

Then it was back to the Motel for a few Bundy’s, I tried to do the Blog but it wouldn’t save anything. So after  a very frustrating couple of hours gave that up as a bad joke!!!!!!!!!!


Well I am writing  this on word  document in the car as we are heading to Nashville & hopefully tonight I will be able to post it - If I have sorted it all out!

Cheers for Now,
Dave & Shell


3 comments:

  1. Wow, you guys are making me tired just looking at your adventures.

    Seems you got over your pikkie problem Shell.

    Look forward to your next post.

    Safe travels

    Chers & Bundys

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  2. Happy travels and great pictures. Really enjoying your blog :)

    -The Anon Blogger

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  3. Hi Retro's - yes problem solvered! But a very frustrating 3 days , put me behind a bit!.
    Cheers Shell

    Hi Anonymous Blogger - Welcome & thanks for following :)
    Cheers Shell

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