Author - Grant
From – Titusville (Florida)
To – Orlando (Florida)
Miles Driven - 39
Today’s Photos – http://www.flickr.com/photos/32017704@N03/sets/72157612448887824/
Day 67 is best summarized by a series of incidents that prove that we are officially old people.
1) Breakfast was NOT at the IHOP which is attached to our hotel. Two days in a row just seemed excessive and we are at the age where one must consider one’s cholesterol. Furthermore, I am not far off my much anticipated “middle aged spread” and I would like to be able to recognize when it happens.
2) Our tickets from yesterday’s Kennedy Space Centre visit wer
e still valid today for The Astronaut Hall of Fame (which is located next door to the Police Hall of Fame…which, frighteningly, has a gun shooting range as one of its attractions) and we were at the museum a full ten minutes before it opened. Young people would have still been nursing a hangover but we were making friends with a 65 year old couple from Montreal who were also in line instead.
3) Inside the museum we neglected to go on one of the rides (all museums contain rides here) because we thought it would make us feel sick. Now that’s not exactly throwing caution to the wind is it? Admittedly we were still feeling the effects of a previous ride which was one of those nasty centrifugal machines where you sit in a little capsule and get whizzed around like wet lettuce leaves up to a frightening 4G. Whilst that isn’t exactly James Bond torture level, it’s still enough to remind you what you had for breakfast.
4) We arrived in Orlando before midday and DID N
OT go to a theme park until the following day. I can only suggest that the average length of time between arriving in Orlando and riding a coaster is directly proportional to your mental age. Instead, we had some lunch and then went for a 20 mile bike ride. That’s right, we neglected Mickey and friends in favour of exercise.
5) We are staying in accommodation with a little kitchen (actually it has a single working electric hob/ring and a microwave) and so we went shopping for a week’s worth of food. Whilst this decision to commit to eating in our hotel room whilst on holiday/vacation in Florida may seem weird (and, of course, old), it makes sense to us as we’re leaving Molly alone all day so she needs company and, as a bonus, it saves money. What makes us incredibly old, however, is our decision to buy and make packed lunches for the days we’re visiting theme parks. Yep, we now have a fridge full of meals packable into Tuppaware boxes. We are going to look more like “hip replacement” than “hip”.
6) This doesn’t specifically relate to today but I am currently growing my hair out, partly because I don’t think the shaved head look is sustainable and it is time to sport something more inkeeping with my age. The downside is that I currently look like a microphone that is morphing into a motorcycle helmet. Most worrying is that it seems my nose wants to join in the party.
7) We were in bed by 10:30pm in anticipation of a long day at Universal Island Adventure World tomorrow. I have already made and bagged up tomorrow’s packed lunch and set aside some serious reading in anticipation of the queues for the rides (Time magazine’s Review of 2008) but I still need to lay out a comfy pair of shoes for all that walking about. Now where did I leave that pack of Werthers Originals?
From – Titusville (Florida)
To – Orlando (Florida)
Miles Driven - 39
Today’s Photos – http://www.flickr.com/photos/32017704@N03/sets/72157612448887824/
Day 67 is best summarized by a series of incidents that prove that we are officially old people.
1) Breakfast was NOT at the IHOP which is attached to our hotel. Two days in a row just seemed excessive and we are at the age where one must consider one’s cholesterol. Furthermore, I am not far off my much anticipated “middle aged spread” and I would like to be able to recognize when it happens.
2) Our tickets from yesterday’s Kennedy Space Centre visit wer
e still valid today for The Astronaut Hall of Fame (which is located next door to the Police Hall of Fame…which, frighteningly, has a gun shooting range as one of its attractions) and we were at the museum a full ten minutes before it opened. Young people would have still been nursing a hangover but we were making friends with a 65 year old couple from Montreal who were also in line instead.3) Inside the museum we neglected to go on one of the rides (all museums contain rides here) because we thought it would make us feel sick. Now that’s not exactly throwing caution to the wind is it? Admittedly we were still feeling the effects of a previous ride which was one of those nasty centrifugal machines where you sit in a little capsule and get whizzed around like wet lettuce leaves up to a frightening 4G. Whilst that isn’t exactly James Bond torture level, it’s still enough to remind you what you had for breakfast.
4) We arrived in Orlando before midday and DID N
OT go to a theme park until the following day. I can only suggest that the average length of time between arriving in Orlando and riding a coaster is directly proportional to your mental age. Instead, we had some lunch and then went for a 20 mile bike ride. That’s right, we neglected Mickey and friends in favour of exercise.5) We are staying in accommodation with a little kitchen (actually it has a single working electric hob/ring and a microwave) and so we went shopping for a week’s worth of food. Whilst this decision to commit to eating in our hotel room whilst on holiday/vacation in Florida may seem weird (and, of course, old), it makes sense to us as we’re leaving Molly alone all day so she needs company and, as a bonus, it saves money. What makes us incredibly old, however, is our decision to buy and make packed lunches for the days we’re visiting theme parks. Yep, we now have a fridge full of meals packable into Tuppaware boxes. We are going to look more like “hip replacement” than “hip”.
6) This doesn’t specifically relate to today but I am currently growing my hair out, partly because I don’t think the shaved head look is sustainable and it is time to sport something more inkeeping with my age. The downside is that I currently look like a microphone that is morphing into a motorcycle helmet. Most worrying is that it seems my nose wants to join in the party.
7) We were in bed by 10:30pm in anticipation of a long day at Universal Island Adventure World tomorrow. I have already made and bagged up tomorrow’s packed lunch and set aside some serious reading in anticipation of the queues for the rides (Time magazine’s Review of 2008) but I still need to lay out a comfy pair of shoes for all that walking about. Now where did I leave that pack of Werthers Originals?
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