glennbo123
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 10, 2008
After (potentially) waking the neighbors with our workout, it was time to shower and dress and wake the kids by using the kitchen which was for all intents and purposes, in their bedroom.
I had some cereal for breakfast, and reviewed the weeks' activities list, "Playful Pastimes". I saw that Fishing FUNdamentals was offered that morning and Sharktooth Necklaces later in the day. Since the rain was letting up, I offered up both activities to the kids. James wanted to try both, but the girls weren't in a hurry to be anywhere this morning, so they just opted for the Sharktooth Necklace class.
Here're pictures of the Playful Pastimes activity listings. I took these pictures later in the week, but can’t think of a better time to post them.
James and I went over to Eb & Flo's (near the pool) a little before 9:30 and registered for both the fishing and necklace activities. It was convenient to charge these to the room, and the cast member was good about checking whether we were DVC members in order to get the discounted rates.
We hung out there for a couple of minutes so I took some pictures of the mini golf area, which is right there near Eb & Flo's and the pool.
The weather had improved greatly since my earlier pictures, didn't it?
While we were waiting for our fishing instructor, we met the other dad and son who would be going on our fishing excursion with us. It turned out that James and the other boy were the only ones going fishing this morning, so that would make for a great teacher to pupil ratio.
Our fishing instructor, Maryann, came out with the boys' fishing poles, which they could keep after the class. She asked them about how much experience they had so that she could gear the lesson to them. Neither boy had done very much fishing; James' experience was limited to his uncle's pond, so we’d be starting with the basics.
Then we started walking...first, past Eb & Flo's and toward the front of the resort. The pavement past that little archway is actually inside the resort -- it’s the road from the Inn to the other buildings. The pavement you see beyond the trees is State Road A1A, but watch how we get to the other side of that!
We walked to those trees and hung a right.
Down to a tunnel. Tunnels are cool, huh James?
Maryann told us it's called Peter Pan's tunnel. And we crossed under A1A.
Now across from the resort, we hung a right onto a path.
And walked around the lake.
Looking to the right, I took a picture of the front of the resort. The driveway directly in the foreground of this picture leads out to A1A. In other words, it's not the driveway into the resort. It's hard to see, but A1A is just beyond the stop sign in this picture, and the front entrance to the resort is across from it.
We walked to a soccer field and went to a picnic table under a pavilion, where Maryann showed the boys how to knot their hooks. These were not the actual hooks they'd be using.
Then they stepped over to the soccer field and practiced casting to a hula hoop. I guess casting to a #10 washer would have been expecting too much.
James was either in it or near it on every cast. Maryann remarked how he was doing better than she was, which is a Disney cast members way of saying "Beginner’s luck!".
Then we began walking to a little dock that was on the lake we passed earlier, but further around. Along the path to the dock, we passed a picnic area that looked like it'd be a nice place to hold a party.
Maryann asked that just she and the boys go out on the dock because it was rather small. She helped them get their hooks baited with raw bacon because, well, who doesn’t like bacon??
One cast later, both boys were reeling in their first catches of the day. James correctly identified his as a bluegill. He must have learned that at his uncle's pond, because he didn't learn it from me!
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I had some cereal for breakfast, and reviewed the weeks' activities list, "Playful Pastimes". I saw that Fishing FUNdamentals was offered that morning and Sharktooth Necklaces later in the day. Since the rain was letting up, I offered up both activities to the kids. James wanted to try both, but the girls weren't in a hurry to be anywhere this morning, so they just opted for the Sharktooth Necklace class.
Here're pictures of the Playful Pastimes activity listings. I took these pictures later in the week, but can’t think of a better time to post them.
James and I went over to Eb & Flo's (near the pool) a little before 9:30 and registered for both the fishing and necklace activities. It was convenient to charge these to the room, and the cast member was good about checking whether we were DVC members in order to get the discounted rates.
We hung out there for a couple of minutes so I took some pictures of the mini golf area, which is right there near Eb & Flo's and the pool.
The weather had improved greatly since my earlier pictures, didn't it?
While we were waiting for our fishing instructor, we met the other dad and son who would be going on our fishing excursion with us. It turned out that James and the other boy were the only ones going fishing this morning, so that would make for a great teacher to pupil ratio.
Our fishing instructor, Maryann, came out with the boys' fishing poles, which they could keep after the class. She asked them about how much experience they had so that she could gear the lesson to them. Neither boy had done very much fishing; James' experience was limited to his uncle's pond, so we’d be starting with the basics.
Then we started walking...first, past Eb & Flo's and toward the front of the resort. The pavement past that little archway is actually inside the resort -- it’s the road from the Inn to the other buildings. The pavement you see beyond the trees is State Road A1A, but watch how we get to the other side of that!
We walked to those trees and hung a right.
Down to a tunnel. Tunnels are cool, huh James?
Maryann told us it's called Peter Pan's tunnel. And we crossed under A1A.
Now across from the resort, we hung a right onto a path.
And walked around the lake.
Looking to the right, I took a picture of the front of the resort. The driveway directly in the foreground of this picture leads out to A1A. In other words, it's not the driveway into the resort. It's hard to see, but A1A is just beyond the stop sign in this picture, and the front entrance to the resort is across from it.
We walked to a soccer field and went to a picnic table under a pavilion, where Maryann showed the boys how to knot their hooks. These were not the actual hooks they'd be using.
Then they stepped over to the soccer field and practiced casting to a hula hoop. I guess casting to a #10 washer would have been expecting too much.
James was either in it or near it on every cast. Maryann remarked how he was doing better than she was, which is a Disney cast members way of saying "Beginner’s luck!".
Then we began walking to a little dock that was on the lake we passed earlier, but further around. Along the path to the dock, we passed a picnic area that looked like it'd be a nice place to hold a party.
Maryann asked that just she and the boys go out on the dock because it was rather small. She helped them get their hooks baited with raw bacon because, well, who doesn’t like bacon??
One cast later, both boys were reeling in their first catches of the day. James correctly identified his as a bluegill. He must have learned that at his uncle's pond, because he didn't learn it from me!
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That looked like a nice fishing journey! I'd be worried about accidentally catching the turtle!
), but wanted to at least take care of this one item of business.
