............................Hat Dance

We can't go to Disney World without doing the Hat Dance. They have so many funny and cute hats in the store, and we can't resist trying them on. We call it the Hat Dance, a Nascar phrase. Here's a scrapbooked page of this years hat dance!!!!

..............................Washington DC

Pictures taken while we were in Washington D.C. We took a trolley on a tour. It was really foggy that day so the monuments and buildings look like they r farther away than they really are. The colors were turning on the trees and made the pictures so much more beautiful.

.................................Heading home

The train trip is part of the adventure!! We are in Chicago waiting for our last train, we will travel from Chicago to Elko in about 40 hours. But the train is relaxing, I've read lots the past 2 days and slept soundly last night with the rocking of the train. I even have my electric blanket. :)
Oh, and the food on the train is great!! I had crabcakes, baked potato, salad and apple crisp for dessert last night. yum The crabcakes were delicious.
We traveled from Orlando to Washington DC where we took a tour of the capitol. The colors are changing and it was so pretty there around the potamic (sp) river. Then from DC to Chicago by way of virginia, Delaware, PA, Indiana.
Will post more pics after we get back. My goal was to have all my pictures scrapbooked on the computer before I got home, but I don't think that's going to happen.

......................Space Shuttle Launch

Yesterday was mostly a relaxing day, do laundry and watch football and Nascar. We did go to Downtown Disney in the morning and do a little shopping.
Today we slept in then this afternoon headed to Downtown Disney to exchange something. After we exchanged the item, we decided to ride the boat to the other side of DTD. The boat driver asked if we minded stopping in the middle of the lake to watch the Space Shuttle Atlantis launch. We were thrilled.
This evening we went to Hollywood studios and saw the Osborne lights. It seems strange that it's so warm here, and then to see all the Christmas lights and hear Christmas music.

.............................Day 4 Hollywood Studios

Today we met Danyell and Matthew at Hollywood Studios. Danyell is a friend from years ago from elko. We had a good time, Matthew entertained us on the Tower of Terror. After they left Kim and I went back and rode it 2 more times. No wait at the parks today.
This evening we had some dinner in the room and set out on the deck.


Sunset from our deck...

........................Day 3 Magic Kingdom

Today we were up early and at Magic Kingdom when they opened. We rode Splash Mountain first thing and got soaked. It kept us from getting too hot during the day. All the rides were no wait, just walk on. We had lunch at a chicken place, did a little shopping and headed to the room. It's much warmer today. This evening we went up to the Artists Palette for dinner then to bed.

............Day 2 Animal Kingdom

Today was FREEZING!! 60 degrees for a high. But, we are on vacation so we bundled up and went to Animal Kingdom. The park was empty. We rode the safari, expedition everest a few times and then braved the Kali River rapids. We wore rain ponchos for that one, but still got wet. No waits for anything, it was great.


I stopped for a popcorn snack and attracted some very annoying ducks. They followed us around until I threw the popcorn away.


Our resort..Saratoga spring Resort was really nice. We enjoyed the view and the housekeepers left us a surprise most days.


We came home that evening early and watched the movie "Up". I fell asleep before it was over.

..................First day at DisneyWorld......Epcot

Our first day was spent at Epcot. We were up early this morning and were out the door and to the park in time for opening.

The Park was empty, all rides were walk on, over and over. We kept taking pictures of the empty park because we were so amazed...

Some photos from the day...

We're Here!!

No pictures yet, but we FINALLY made it to Orlando. We checked into our room about an hour ago and are waiting for our luggage, because Disney picks it up and brings it to your room. My WAY YOUNGER THAN ME daughter is sleeping. She stayed up all night last night packing and is now tired. But I'm sitting on the balcony of our villa at Saratoga Springs Resort with my laptop, listening to the river roar by. It's beautiful out here, short sleaves weather!!!
It's very quiet here, the traffic was minimal on the ride from the airport, I've seen a couple of people in the group of rooms we are staying in, but that's ok with me, hopefully no long waits at the parks.

Our trip to Orlando

Woo Hoo We finally get to leave for Orlando On November 6th. We have been counting the days til we go. Well...I got up on Friday morning (November 6th) and the right side of my face was swollen all the way to my eye. It didn't hurt except when I pushed on it and when I tried to talk. I had been fighting a sinus infection so figured this was part of that.
I tried to get into my normal dr but she was double booked, so I went to the ER. Dr Jones told me I needed to take 2 different antibiotics. He told me if it didn't get worse I could leave on the trip. The train didn't leave until 10pm. By the time we got home it was noon. I tried to take a nap, when I got up my face looked worse and was starting to ache.
At 8:00pm we decided I couldn't take a chance that I would get worse and have to get off somewhere to be seen by a doctor so I called amtrak and cancelled half the trip...we are still taking Amtrak home. Then I went online to Delta and got us airline tickets for Tuesday which is the day we would be arriving in Orlando. I'm so disappointed but am so glad we didn't take off.