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Vacation to Walt Disney World Parks

19 Sunday Jun 2016

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Photography

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Crowds, Epcot, Florida, Fort Wilderness Cabins and Campgrounds, Graduation, High Price Foods, Kids, Long Lines, Orlando, Vacation, Walt Disney World

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My first day back to work from a week long vacation is tomorrow and I should be going to bed but as luck would have it I’m waiting for a video to render on my computer.  Once that’s done I’ll eventually go on to bed.

The family and I  drove the ten hours back from Orlando on Friday.  We spent four days there and I must say we had a pretty good time.  Because of some breathing issues I had to cut my days a little short the last two days we were there.

We drove down on Sunday and if you’ve been following the news that’s when Orlando had the nightclub shooting which killed those 49 people.  Security was beefed up a bit and it took longer to get in so I’m told. And of course, we also learned of the tragic death of the two year old boy that got drug into the water and died.  Orlando had a trying week last week.

Like I said earlier, we had a pretty good time.  The lines were long, temps were high, food prices were high, some of the patrons were rude and the security was tight.  Nearly every ride my wife went on broke down at least twice during the ride.  Fast Trac was the only ride that offered another ride without having to start back at the beginning.

This trip was a graduation gift to my three kids.  Our son graduated from college and my two daughters graduated high school.  Taking three kids means that you have three opinions at which time caused problems within itself.  They either all wanted to do something different or just one wanted to something different.  I tried to stay neutral because this was their trip and I wanted to do what they wanted to do.  By Thursday afternoon I was tired of all the bickering I went back to the cabins so they would work it out themselves with me interfering.

We did encounter a couple of problems.  With the alligator incident Disney decided to close down all the beachfront activities which included the boat that left out of Fort Wilderness where we were staying.  If you stayed at Fort Wilderness Campgrounds the only transportation to the Magic Kingdom was to take the boat.  When the boy was attacked the transportation department didn’t realize this and stranded many guests.  Of course, you could hop a bus and go to another resort and catch another bus to Disney but that would take a lot of time and most likely they would lose their “Fastpass” time slot.  Communication between transportation and the resorts were non existent during this time and neither knew the answers to the questions being asked.  On Thursday I had a backstage pass to the steam locomotives and had to call many people just to get a ride from the campgrounds to the Magic Kingdom.  I made it just in time not to be late.

Most of the problems we had were personal and had to deal with it our own way.  When I say personal I mean being raised differently I guess.  An example;  When standing in line for a ride I would always give the person in front of me their “personal space”.  Meaning, I don’t want people breathing down my neck when we stopped or not bumping into me every time I stopped. Cutting in line.  We actually had adults send their kids in front of us and cut in line and once they were in place the adults would come up and join them.  I watched them do this several times by several different families.  Maybe that’s what they do in their countries but I have a problem with it.  Dress, or should I say lack of.  I saw teen girls wearing outfits that should only be worn in the presence of their own mother and no one else.  And another thing.  Just because you own the outfit doesn’t mean that you should wear it in public.  My kids are nearly grown and they were even embarrassed by them.

Well, the video is finished so I guess I’ll take my meds and go to bed.  All in all a good trip and would do it again if I had the money.  Next year will be a nice relaxing trip to the beach which is a lot closer and a lot less crowded.  I just hope my kids can work around their schedules and go with us.  They’re getting to the age now where they may not can go with us.

365 Day Photo Challenge 340/365 “Time to Venture Out”

05 Saturday Dec 2015

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Photography

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365 Day Photo Challenge, Alabama, Baritones, Florida, Million Dollar Band, National Championship, SEC

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After spending another day stuck inside this house I’ve decided that I’m going to venture out tomorrow for a couple of hours.  I think the change of scenery will do me good.  I’m still having coughing fits but other than that I’m starting to feel better.

For those that follow football, Alabama won the SEC Championship game against Florida tonight. If it weren’t for my son being in the Million Dollar Band I probably wouldn’t care who one.  This is his last year of being in the band and I would love it if the team won the national title.  Don’t know if they have a chance or not but at least they’re in the playoffs.

“Life Goes On!”

365 Day Photo Challenge 199/365 “Home and Tired”

17 Friday Jul 2015

Posted by Tim Hughes Living with CML in Photography

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365 Day Photo Challenge, Cats, Florida, Photography, Seagrove Beach, Shopping, Sunset, Travel

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I got out of bed and looked out the window to see a peaceful ocean this morning.  The past few mornings the waves had been breaking as far out as far as the eye could see but today not so.

Kids wanted to do some shopping so instead of wasting valuable beach time I told them we could go on our way home today.  For two hours I sat on an outside bench while my wife and kids went shopping at the outlet mall.  I didn’t mind one bit. I sat there a did what I like the most which is people watch.  Believe me, there were a lot of people to watch.

We arrived home to find two very angry cats.  They didn’t appreciate us leaving them to fend for themselves.  We always leave plenty of food and water for them while we’re gone.  We also allow my sister in law to come and check on them at least once a day but they always manage to get mad and leave “gifts.”  The female quickly got over it but the male still hasn’t come to terms with us being home just yet.  Come morning he’ll be ok.

365 Day Photo Challenge 198/365 “Not Ready to go Home!”

16 Thursday Jul 2015

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365 Day Photo Challenge, Beach, Florida, HDR, Ocean, Photography, Sunset, Vacation, Waves

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Vacations are never long enough.  Even though we had two full days at the beach I could’ve used another week at the least.  Everyone had a great time and we had great weather.  The waves were a bit rough but that didn’t keep us out of the ocean.  I was able to get to the front row this morning.  I had to get up early to do so but I was there when they set out the beach chairs.

Kids are wanting to do some shopping before we actually set the gears in motion toward home.  It’s a five hour trip so I’m in no real big hurry to get home.  The girls will have to go into work Saturday morning and my wife and I will be moving our son out of one apartment and into another so Saturday will be a busy day for everyone.  Sunday will be my rest day before having to start my work week on Monday.  To be honest, I am not ready to go back into that Hell hole.

“Life Goes On!”

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Bike Path or Road? A question for cyclist.

18 Wednesday Jun 2014

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30-A, Bicycle, Bike, Cycling, Florida, Road Bike, Traffic

I’m on vacation at Santa Rosa Beach in Florida. There is a popular strip called 30-A where there is all kinds of shops and of course nice places to stay. One thing they have here is a nice bike path. The problem is that everyone likes to use this path to either ride their cruisers on, walk their dogs, or just take a leisurely stroll. There is no room for road bikes.

Yesterday I started riding the bike path as it was designed for and I was constantly having to go around slower traffic so I decided to ride the road. There is a lot of vehicle traffic on 30-A so I’m constantly worried that I’ll get hit by a passing car. I obey all traffic rules by stopping at stop signs and at all crosswalks for pedestrians. But for some reason these Floridians do not accept road bikers on their roads especially since there is a bike path nearby. I don’t mean to pick on Floridians, I run across frustrated drivers everywhere.

What do you think guys? Should a road bike continue to ride on the road when there is a bike path nearby or continue to ride on the road?

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