Tag: Ft. Lauderdale

Florida V – Orlando to Fort Lauderdale

“All good things have to come to and end and its the same with the wild wood weed.”

Oops, sorry, that’s in a song, but it really doesn’t have anything to do with the end of our trip

Dad At Epcot
Dad At Epcot

to Florida or, really, anything else about us. We found ourselves heading back south  to Fort Lauderdale, and from there, home. We made a point to drive down the Atlantic coastline as much as possible. We stopped a couple times to get our feet wet. Wiser people than me have noticed that there’s something about the beach that makes some people lose their minds. (Just kidding.)

One last thing: Thanks, Dad, for going with us.

Florida

We went to Ft. Lauderdale. We drove up north and found ourselves in Orlando.

What could we do in Orlando? Well, in Orlando they are glad to offer a few suggestions.  We ended up, like lots of other people, trapped – yes, trapped – in universal fantasies that movies are made of.

16-DSCN8730You might call this “Day One” or “Orlando by Universal.” Looking at the  web site, Universal  seems to have reorganized since we were there.

 

We first went to the Harry Potter area.

07-DSCN8709Then we stood in line for the slowest roller coaster in the world. Don’t think it wasn’t fun, we went through a restaurant on the roller coaster and decided to go back there for lunch. Note the Dr, Suess characters.

Dee and Kay took the log ride, Ripsaw Falls, and Steve took pictures33-DSCN8948. By then the day had gotten hot and long and the line looked too forbidding. Steve was afraid his camera would get soaked. And anyway, he didn’t want to go. From the pictures, it’s clear that the riders get wet and they don’t mind. It also looks like good fun.