This is in Winter Garden? May have to try this in June! We have friends who have won national competitions in BBQ (love being a guinea pig for them) so we need to check this out, and o. m. g. on the dessert.So, we got boxes to take away and then we waddled out to the car to head back home for I think a snooze before we could move again.......this had been a gorgeous lunch once again.......we tell so many people to come here, we should get shares!!!!
Always so much fun to read each new segment of your trip
I love your descriptions of Total Wine! We really enjoy it there, too. So many pretty bottles to look at! I really want to try 4 Rivers....how does it compare to Bubbalous?
This is in Winter Garden? May have to try this in June! We have friends who have won national competitions in BBQ (love being a guinea pig for them) so we need to check this out, and o. m. g. on the dessert.
Seems people are getting ruder - have seen it on a couple TR across a different boards. I used to shrug off the occasional 'accidental-but really avoidable' stuff but now I make a snarky comeback (so sorry my 'insert body part' got in way of 'insert rude behavior') as it is really more frequent.
Love seeing your day trips to the towns and areas surrounding Universal! They always look so lovely! One of these days I should really make a point of exploring a little more but I rarely have a vehicle when I'm in Florida and don't rent a car, also commando touring schedules often don't include too much wiggle room for it all. I love living vicariously through you!
Dunedin in particular looks gorgeous! I don't think I've ever been myself but one of the girls I work with was just there in March and had a great time! I'll have to put it on the list!
Wow- a great couple of days! Total Wine looks great- we usually just buy our wine at Publix but will have to check this place out!
So sorry about your ankle! Just horrible how some parents ignore their children's bad behavior. They should have thought ahead that this could happen and stopped the ball flinging!
O'Charley's has been on our to do list for a bit, too. Your food looks good!
Windemere and the Smokehouse look great- haven't been there yet.
$15,000 bottle of wine??!!!! You could take a couple of vacations ( and good ones) for that price!!
I'm surprised it was out on the shelf. At the liquor store here, they have a locked room with glass walls for all the expensive stuff. You need to take a worker in with you! Us poor folks just stare in and look!
Oh my goodness....that coconut cake..... was it as delicious as it looked?
Loving your report!
Just back a from a few days away visiting my parents a couple provinces away and enjoying catching up on your trip report. We've headed out to the gulf coast on the last two trips and both times (plus the day we went to Legoland) the traffic was seriously backed up around the Davenport turn off for no apparent reason. i have no idea why it always seems to be backed up around there but presume it is just the volume. i was just glad the traffic was still moving albeit slowly. There seems to be a couple spots like that en route to Tampa area.
PS. I ended up enjoying RPR so much even though we were there for only one night that I've been obsessively checking rates for Nov/Dec/Jan/Feb and decided to book a week club level in mid December as I found a rate I can't pass up. DH and DS are on board with the plan and we going to just stay there for our whole week rather than breaking it up going elsewhere for a few days (or a bit more depending on flights and how comfortable I am taking DS out of school for that long, although they really don't do much the last week before the Christmas break).
The horse -- back in the day, I think this all started with themed cows. We had a ton in Kansas City (a cowtown!). I had completely forgotten about them until I saw this. I have a miniature cow made like these... I think it had a "theater" theme.
The horse is part of the Painted Ponies: The Trail of the Painted Ponies. First Dude was a G1 winning racehorse and was bred in Florida and stands at Stud in Ocala. They have/had a number of them in Saratoga Springs, NY, Lexington and Louisville, KY. They are usually painted with something meaningful to the area. We are a racing and rodeo family, so I seem to have lots of useless knowledge like that
Also they sell the various horse statues in miniature, not my taste but there are a lot of collectors.
Love the pictures of Hogwarts!! I must get back to see the castle show! Coconut cake was my Dad's favorite...Mom is a champion baker and it's the main cake he would always ask for. None for me though as I am allergic.
I swear I want to lick the screen when I see your food and drink pictures! (especially the creme brulee !) Im starting a list of all the things I want to get when Im there. Im not sure Ill have any time for rides!
And your pictures of the park are gorgeous- I love looking at them- and I cannot wait to see it myself.