photo friday: florida beaches
While in Florida over Christmas break, the girls and I had the chance to visit two beaches, Casey Key and Casperson Beach. I much preferred Casey Key! But either way, we got to go to the beach!
photo friday: univesral studios
Although we spent the vast majority of our time on our short September break trip to Universal at Diagon Alley and our Cabana Bay Resort Hotel, we did visit the rest of the two Universal theme parks.
photo friday: diagon alley
Having loved our visits to Hogsmeade at Universal, the moment we heard about Diagon Alley opening, we put a trip on our plans. As with our past trips, we decided to go during the girls’ September break. The parks are at their least crowded since most of the rest of the country is just back
photo friday: universal’s cabana bay
While planning our September break trip to Diagon Alley, I went back and forth about staying at the off-property hotel that we’ve stayed at twice in the past and an on-property hotel. While the benefits of staying on property are many, the cost is significant. Was it worth it to pay that much more? I’m
photo friday: fun in panama city beach
Once we parked the car at the hotel in PCB, I vowed to not use it again until it was time to leave. Between the hotel pool and the nearby activities, that was not a problem. We walked next door to play mini-golf. We walked across the street for ice cream and pizza. We “shopped”
photo friday: panama city beach
Of course, our main reason for visiting Panama City Beach is the beach! The sand is soft and the water lovely. Unfortunately, the gulf had a lot of seaweed, so we did most of our swimming in the pool. In any case, we love walking on the beach, hearing the waves, and relishing the beauty
photo friday: holiday inn panama city beach
Looking at photos from trip that we took almost four months ago brings some warmth into this chilly day. This past summer, I wanted to get to the beach at least once, so I took the easy route – returning to the Holiday Inn Resort at Panama City Beach, a place we had visited a
photo friday: st. augustine
As part of Camille’s homeschooling for this year, I decided that an interesting topic for us to cover would be the history of Georgia. Camille has lived here almost her entire life and has yet to see many of the important historic sites. We started out great, visiting a number of “pre-European” sites, including a
photo friday: islands of (wet) adventure
One of the reasons we returned to the “Wizarding World of Harry Potter” at Universal’s Islands of Adventure was that Chloe was finally, at long last, tall enough to ride on the castle ride. And she rode it, over and over again. While we did end up spending a large portion of the day shopping,
photo friday: legoland independence
While I only mention it here and there, I am very much a supporter of Free Range Kids. In fact, one reason that we moved to Decatur was so that my girls could have more freedom to take themselves to the places they want to go — the library, the yarn store, school(!), the yogurt
photo friday: legoland creations
Last week, I wrote a little about our rainy day at Legoland Florida. While we had hoped for a nice day and a chance to go to the water park (we had been so optimistic that we pre-bought tickets that then went to waste), we had a lovely time nonetheless. While the girls are on
photo friday: legoland in the rain
For weeks, I watched the weather reports, but kept assuming that the weather would be clear for our one chance to go to the water park at Legoland. Even as we approached and saw the clouds, we had high hopes that the storm would blow over quickly and we’d get the day we had planned
compromise: theme park equilibrium
I’m a cheapskate. I hate to spend money. I look for deals. I hold my wallet close. “Do I need this?” “Why do I want to buy this?” I’m not an extreme coupon kind of person — I don’t NEED that much toilet paper, detergent or other crap. I buy what will make us happy,
orlando – sep 2012
The girls and I headed down to Orlando for a couple days of theme park fun. On the way home, we stopped by St. Augustine. summary posts: compromise: theme park equilibrium photo friday: legoland in the rain photo friday: legoland creations photo friday: legoland independence photo friday: islands of (wet) adventure photo friday: st. augustine
photo friday: st george island
The last night of our Gulf Coast Spring Break camping trip we spent camping at St. George Island State Park. We had heard great things about the barrier islands along the Florida panhandle, and I had hoped to spend more than one night there, but I worked on our plans a bit too late. Maybe
photo friday: ochlockonee river state park, fl
For our Gulf Coast Spring Break trip, the girls and I spent two nights camping at Ochlockonee River State Park. While this park did not meet our spring break criteria of being near the beach, it was the closest I could find after waiting until March to plan our trip. After slamming on the brakes
Staying: Contemporary Hotel
I’m honored to have a my “review” of Disney’s Contemporary Hotel published today over on the lovely Keys to the Magic Travel blog!
gulf coast – spring break 2012
For the first week of April, the girls and I headed down to the Gulf Coast in Evie. We spent one night in MS with friends, two nights at Gulf State Park in AL, two nights at Ochlockonee State Park in FL and one night by the beach at St. George Island State Park in
photo friday: kim possible mission at EPCOT
While we were at Disney for a cousin meetup last week driving like mad and eating lots of sweets , we enjoyed some of the new tweeny type activities that have been installed since our last trip. In the “Magic Kingdom”, Camille spent a little time on the Sorcerer’s of the Magic Kingdom .. it
instagram: life is good
Still not finding decent wi-fi, but 3G is allowing me to keep up, at least. SGI (St. George Island) is just lovely… A wonderful place to enjoy our last night of spring break, for sure….
GBK Gwyneth
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