“Let’s go south,” said Bill. It was a bleak frigid morning with yet another forecast for plow-worthy snow. “Great idea!” I said, “But I don’t want to go to Disney World.” And we agreed, “Been there, done that.”
And off we went on a car trip to Kissimmee, Florida. Guess where that is! Almost next door to Disney World. But we could get a luxurious villa there via our timeshare exchange and with steeled resolve we set off driving to the sunshine state determined to avoid Disney. Well, maybe we would go to Universal Studios. Maybe.
We stopped en route at a recognizable motel in South Carolina. The sign was welcoming but the room reeked. The paint was peeling. And the john only worked with 5 flushes! “It has to get more magical than this,” I thought and asked Bill, “Are we there yet?”
Next day we arrived via hoardes of traffic at an enormous resort with thousands of people checking in. Crowds tend to make me nervous. A bit on edge, I managed to keep smiling and acting cooperative as we were herded in bank-type lines from station to station, asked to produce identification and credit cards at least three times, were numbered and given official looking papers to sign.
The noise was so deafening from all those people it was hard to understand any instructions (if there were any). And in spite of pre-registering via email, the check-in process was something like going through Check Point Charlie before the Berlin wall came down.
Finally we were escorted to a beautiful villa. And lo and behold, the weather was warm enough for short sleeves and I could feel the sun healing my frozen face. “Ahhh, this is the life!”
It rained all day the next day.
Each day thereafter was filled with sunshine and blue skies and so began our adventure sans Disney.
Stay tuned…..
This is fun!!!
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It sounds sooooo wonderful!
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Glorious photo and I am hoping, glorious time??????
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Uhhhhh – yes – fun. 🙂
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Ah, the life of a retired couple…just jump in the car and go! I’m so jealous, but so happy for you, Dor. I would bypass Disney as well. Can’t wait to hear more about your road trip.
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Careful what you ask forJill… I meant to post one story a day about the trip, but accidentally posted one out of order – and figured I’d just go ahead and post away…. now you have 3 to read! Yikes! And more to come. 🙂
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Bring it on! 🙂
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Ahhh, sunshine, blue skies, and warmth. Sounds heavenly :).
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All that is true and we surely loved the sunshine.
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Ohhhh [big sigh], you lucky girl! Even if the motel reeked and the toilet wasn’t a good flusher, you got to get away on a trip south (well further south since according to my location, you are in the south). Anyway…sunshine, blue skies, and warmer temps sound like a dream vacation to me. That villa looks beautiful! Can’t wait to read the next installment! 😉
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You are so right Cindy! The fact is we found the sun and our “villa” was absolutely luxurious and I didn’t have to cook for almost a week! What more could anyone want?
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At least it was warm when it rained. 🙂
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I can tell you are one of those creatures with a perpetual positive outlook on life.:) But, yes, it was a warm rain and we needed that day to acclimate anyway so it all worked out positively. 🙂 We needed you along though to make it perfect.
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