Jersey Girl Does Florida
This year’s summer vacation trip with my son brought us back to Florida. Tomorrow we leave for home, and wrap up a 2+ week vacation. It’s been fun, but being away from home for 2 weeks, you start to miss your "comforts of home"…one of the things I miss is cooking, and I’m not some great chef. I think I’m just tired of eating out!
Okay, so let’s take a look at summer vacation 2009:
- we did a 9 day stay in a 3 bedroom condo down near Disney
- headed to the Keys, and then turned around and headed back to Orlando
I have to say, I was a little disappointed in Key West, and if I were to book a trip to the Keys again, I’d opt for Islamorada instead of Key West, though I don’t think I feel the need to return anytime soon….it’s not that there’s anything wrong wtih it, it’s just that it’s a damn long drive, when I have local places I prefer more. I guess in my mind, I pictured it a bit differently based on the pictures I’ve seen.
Orlando is always fun, and we’ve come here often, so we know what are favorites are, and we always try to add a few new things to our trip to keep it fresh. In the amusement parks, we tried a few different things – like where we ate, or what we saw or did….we hit a different mini-golf place, though this one had way too many stairs…my son has asthma, and it took it’s toll….we also got caught in a downpour, but that part was okay, since we actually were just about to play a hole on the course in a "cave", with a bench…what luck,huh?
2 Tornados have struck while we were down here, but both were about 30 mins away…I’m not used to hearing about so many of them…
Other new things we did:
Blue Man Group – loved it
Boggy Creek Airboat Ride- loved it
M & M World at the FLorida Mall – neat, but seeing it once was enough..and I didn’t feel the need to buy anything…it’s a giant store with M&M stuff..some fun things to see though…i was amused
Of course we hit our favorite multiple times, Rock-N-Rollercoaster….that was a blast, and it’s both of our favorites, so we do it many times…
When it comes to work, I did write one long article and did some keyword research, but that was the extent of it…I’m relaxed big time, and hoping it won’t take me the regular day or two to get out of vacation brain mode when I get home….
I also got the chance to see my friend COlleen who lives in Florida. I always enjoy visiting with her. She’s a really neat person, and fun to be around.
I am thrilled to get home and see my husband and dogs and cat though…miss them much, but yesterday morning in the pool…I was in my own world and ultra relaxed!!!
That about wraps it up for now….not sure what else to mention, but I had a great time, as I do every year. I love this place, but I love being home too, and now I’m ready to get there…
