Disney Nomads ... 3 Resorts in 8 Nights! ALL NEW 9/2!

[nebo]

To answer your question, absolutely you will be doing things for the sake of the trip reports. Do you think I'd normally wait until we got to drive in a hurricane? Sit and wait for a tornado to catch up to us? Do all I can to make sure the tire blows out and the worst possible time?

Great chapters Laura!


We haven't stayed at the Contemporary or BLT before, but you, Nebo, and Smidgy are doing a good job of convincing me to skip it. I don't like the thought of a lot of concrete scenery.

I know Janet from Philly isn't a big fan either. It's closeness to MK and the other Mono resorts is great, but that's really all I like about it.

Ok, what little arrow by the thread title?

Ponzi, I had no idea about that arrow! Nebo just showed me how to do multiple quotes a little while ago. I'm sure there is much more I don't know. Hmmm. I think I'm setting myself up with that one.

You're going to send her that little book with all the pictures, aren't you, Ponzi?

 

[orangecats2]

I know Janet from Philly isn't a big fan either. It's closeness to MK and the other Mono resorts is great, but that's really all I like about it.

You get Mono if you stay at a resort near MK?

You caved pretty easy on doing a TR...

 

[laura74]

Monkston and I join Mr. Squid on the beach, I hand her the bag of Cheetos, and take a nice long sip of ice cold beer. Ahhh.

I’m not usually a beer drinker but Bud with lime tastes like the beach to me, the real beach, not this silly Disney beach.

I look out at the beautiful lake we’re not allowed in. I wonder how long it’s been this way, that Disney won’t allow you in the water. I’ve always assumed it was because there are alligators in there but recently I read that there’s some killer bacteria that will swim up your nose and eat your brain. Either scenario doesn’t sound too pleasant to me.

Who am I kidding? I probably wouldn’t get off the lounge chair anyway.

Mr. Squid asks Monkston for some Cheetos and she hands the bag to him. And I am not exaggerating when I tell you that within a minute of his first crunch, two ducks come running purposefully out of the water right at him. I’ve never seen a duck move so quickly. They won’t hurt us, right?

A little backstory here:

There’s something about Mr. Squid that animals find irresistible. If he’s lying on the sofa, our dog and cat will immediately hop on top of him. It doesn’t matter if I’m snuggling with one of them on the opposite couch, he sits down and they go right to him.

Here is our cat Picasso whom we usually call Jerkasso, for he is in fact the most annoying creature in the world. Don’t let his good looks fool you. Look at him. He’s 14 years old. With our luck he’ll live to 34.

And here is Mr. Squid making friends with a goat at the state fair.

But the most incredible animal friend he made was this baby squirrel we named Fearless (clever, I know).

A couple years ago our neighbor called us over to tell us that this little baby squirrel would not leave him alone. Fearless was chasing him and he was running like a little girl.

Mr. Squid called the squirrel like a dog and he came running over. He was so happy to be around people. I’d never seen anything like it. When one of us would leave the group, Fearless would chase after them, trying to herd us back together.

Fearless took a special liking to Mr. Squid. Within an hour he was crawling all over him, in and out of his sweatshirt pocket, up and down his arm.

If this were a more exotic creature, we’d call animal rescue. But I don’t think they would rush over to our house to prepare a squirrel for the wild.

I don’t know what happened to Fearless. He didn’t try to make friends again after that day. I’d like to think he found his family and they kept him safe.

But then I still believe my parents took our rough-housing golden retriever Rusty to a farm where he could live out the rest of his days much happier than at our house.

Back to the ducks…

Here they are approaching Mr. Squid.

And here’s a little video.



We had fun with the ducks for quite a while so I think the $47 I spent for Cheetos was well worth it.

(Disclaimer: Before anyone says so, I realize that this was probably not the smartest thing to do and that we shouldn’t feed the ducks processed junk food. Though judging from the way they charged at us for it, my guess is that they’ve tasted Cheetos before.)

Animal taunting over, we pack up and decide to look around the concourse. I haven’t finished my beer so I decide to take it with me since it cost $68. I hope that I don’t look too trashy shopping in my coverup (albeit a really cute one) holding a beer.

We spend a little time browsing through overpriced mouse merch and decide to try to cobble together a meal from convenience store food. None of us are starving since we had a pretty big meal at lunch so I decide to get makings for a cheese platter.

Now I just have to find the Brie…

This is a deluxe hotel, right? Where’s the Brie? Where’s the pate? This is the cheese selection? I see Gouda, Cheddar, Swiss, American…. not even a Boursin? A Cracker Barrel spread?

I guess I’ll have to go with Gouda and Cheddar. Maybe a nice salami would go with this. I see bologna, ham, turkey…ah there we go, Genoa salami. I wasn’t envisioning thinly sliced, prepackaged meat but it will have to do.

I also find a package of grapes and we go off in search for the cracker section. Where are the crackers? I see chips, chips, chips, cookies, cookies, donuts. Where are the crackers?

After some searching I see on the very bottom shelf, a lonely box of Wheat Thins. They still make them? I suddenly think of Sandy Duncan. Wow. I bet nobody’s said that in a while.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-cR87NQtIA

Well, I had envisioned a nice box of Carr’s water crackers but I guess Wheat Thins will have to do.

We pick out a mid-range Chardonnay and head over to the counter. We discover that we can use our AP discount on everything, even the wine! So now our bill is only $249! Yay us!

We head back to our villa and after washing off our Disney sand, I go to the kitchen to put together our dinner. It all comes together pretty nicely except I can’t get the salami to stay folded. After being pressed together between plastic for so long it just wants to stay flat.

Monkston decides she loves Wheat Thins so I guess I’ll be thinking of Sandy Duncan more often.

 

[pkondz]

I’m not usually a beer drinker but Bud with lime tastes like the beach to me, the real beach, not this silly Disney beach.

I think anything with a lime in it tastes like a beach. You know what doesn't taste like a beach? Sand with a lime in it.

not good.

When is a beach not a beach? When you can't go in the water. Then it's just a big kitty litter box with frustrated people on it.

I look out at the beautiful lake we’re not allowed in. I wonder how long it’s been this way, that Disney won’t allow you in the water. I’ve always assumed it was because there are alligators in there but recently I read that there’s some killer bacteria that will swim up your nose and eat your brain. Either scenario doesn’t sound too pleasant to me.

Me either. Maybe there's something to be said for ice cold Manitoba lakes....

nah.

Mr. Squid asks Monkston for some Cheetos and she hands the bag to him. And I am not exaggerating when I tell you that within a minute of his first crunch, two ducks come running purposefully out of the water right at him. I’ve never seen a duck move so quickly. They won’t hurt us, right?

Attack of the killer water fowl. Coming soon to a wetland near you.

I don’t know what happened to Fearless. He didn’t try to make friends again after that day. I’d like to think he found his family and they kept him safe.

That's a cool story. Thanks for sharing!

But then I still believe my parents took our rough-housing golden retriever Rusty to a farm where he could be live out the rest of his days much happier than at our house.

What do you mean? Of course Rusty went to a farm. Dogs love farms, right? Right?

And here’s a little video.

That's hysterical! I'm at work, so I don't know if there's sound, but I kept imagining a silly little tune playing on a piano during the 'dance'.

We had fun with the ducks for quite a while so I think the $47 I spent for Cheetos was well worth it.

See? You're not just paying for food... you're paying for entertainment, too. Hence the justification of the high cost.

(Disclaimer: Before anyone says so, I realize that this was probably not the smartest thing to do and that we shouldn’t feed the ducks processed junk food. Though judging from the way they charged at us for it, my guess is that they’ve tasted Cheetos before.)

Hunh. And my guess was... Lighten up people!

I haven’t finished my beer so I decide to take it with me since it cost $68.

A wise choice, grasshopper.

I hope that I don’t look too trashy shopping in my coverup (albeit a really cute one) holding a beer.

Oh, please, please tell me you had your hair in big curlers and were wearing fluffy pink slippers too. please.

This is a deluxe hotel, right? Where’s the Brie? Where’s the pate? This is the cheese selection? I see Gouda, Cheddar, Swiss, American…. not even a Boursin? A Cracker Barrel spread?

It might be a Deluxe... but it's Disney Deluxe. Real deluxe prices without the real deluxe service and amenities.

Amenities, definition: A common happening at the end of Church.

I see chips, chips, chips, cookies, cookies, donuts.

Chips, chips, chips, chips, chiiiiips! Lovely chips! Wonderful chips! Lovely chips! Wonderful chips!*

*sung to the tune "Spam" by Monty Python.

Where are the crackers?

Hello! I'm right here, reading your TR!

I suddenly think of Sandy Duncan. Wow. I bet nobody’s said that in a while.

Oh, shoot. I can't see utube vids at work. It'll have to wait until Monday night or Tuesday.

We pick out a mid-range Chardonnay and head over to the counter. We discover that we can use our AP discount on everything, even the wine! So now our bill is only $249! Yay us!

Score!... or... not.

It all comes together pretty nicely except I can’t get the salami to stay folded. After being pressed together between plastic for so long it just wants to stay flat.

Really, is there anything worse than flat salami?

I think not.

I'm shocked, shocked that you didn't pack up then and there and head for home with your heads held high and your wallets tightly clutched.

Thanks again for another fun update!

 

[MAGICFOR2]

Finally, FINALLY, we are suited up and ready to head down to our exclusive, need-a-key-card-to-get-in pool. This is going to be amazing! People must be clamoring to get in here! Even the folks next door at the Contemporary aren’t allowed in. Maybe I should go over there and taunt them.

Love it! LOL! no reall, I did LOL!

We walk through the cool courtyard area to the pool entrance, and after taking a moment to figure out where the key card goes, we let ourselves in. And there’s a towel on practically every chair.

If I were more like my buddy Sheena, I would just move a few towels and feign ignorance if anyone comes back to claim a chair. I don’t know if I have the nerve. I just hope these pool chair hogs can live with themselves.

I must admit I have done this - especially if there are more towels on chairs than people in the pool

For those of you who haven’t been here before, the lounge chairs are set up in rows, like a movie theater, only everyone is lying down. And there’s no tier, so if you get the back row, you just have a view of the back of someone’s head. You’re not gazing at the pretty blue water from there.

And it is in this back row that we find three empty, undesirable lounge chairs. We scatter our belongings over all three, and Monkston and Mr. Squid head to the pool for a swim.

I don’t feel like swimming so I just leave my coverup on because it’s really cute, and truth be told there is no elegant way to get out of it. You kind of have to do a dance to get it over your head and I don’t feel like I know my BLT neighbors well enough to expose them to that. I really should have thought of this when I bought it, but, it’s super cute!

You are a diva after my own heart! Cuteness is everything, right?

I never claimed to be practical.

Now, back to Panem!

I reach into my bag, take out my iPhone, and sync to where I left off…

And I realize I must look very silly, stretched out on my lounge chair, squinting at my little phone, trying to read in the sun. I wish I hadn’t lost my sunglasses. Maybe I should have bought the overpriced ones at the airport.

I glance to my left and see that my neighbor has brought her iPad down with her. I should have done that! She looks so comfortable and not at all ridiculous. She’s also wearing sunglasses.

Maybe she was making one of those commercials where the calm, cool, collected person is quietly reading in the sun and can see her device, while the other person is slapping at bees, squinting and fidgeting - Oh! That would be you!!

I think Mr. Squid will tell me that iPads and pools don’t mix. I’ll have to work up to to broaching that idea with him.

My chair is to the left of the slide so I’m able to see Mr. Squid and Monkston on the stairs. Unfortunately, that’s all I can see. I can only see the slightest sliver of water in the pool. So far, I’m not in love with this pool. It’s very concrete and cold and I really dislike the way the chairs are arranged.

Pluses and minuses of BLT as of this moment:

Pluses
Close to Magic Kingdom
On the monorail
Swanky atmosphere
Nice bathrooms
On a lake

Minuses
Bus service
Miles of concrete
Pool is average
No locks on bathroom doors


After about a half hour or so they come out of the pool and Mr. Squid suggests we go over to the Contemporary pool. Maybe there will be a better spot to sit over there. So we gather up our belongings and trudge through the concrete to the other pool.

The pool over here doesn’t seem all that much different from the pool over there. The slide doesn’t look quite as nice as the other one, and wait, it’s closed for refurbishment! Shouldn’t people staying here get to use the other pool if the slide is closed? And what are these two slide junkies going to do to amuse themselves now?

We find a few spots with a view of the pool and plunk our stuff down. Monkston heads over to play games with the pool entertainers. (Yellow Jackets! Nodding to Nebo.) I don’t really find them annoying because she’s having fun with them but I can see how they would become tiresome if you didn’t have children you needed to amuse.

Mr. Squid heads down to the marina to look into renting sea raycers.

A few years ago, when we stayed at Wilderness Lodge, we rented them and we had the greatest time riding around the lagoon and lake. Originally, our plan was to spend the entire day lounging poolside and renting the boats but then we discovered the gift card problem.

I watch Monkston play games in the pool until Mr. Squid comes back. He tells me that they only rent the boats until 4 and it is now 4:30. He then suggests that we move down to the beach when Monkston gets out of the pool.

“We just sat down,” I say.

“There’s nothing going on here.”

“What’s going on down there?”

“I don’t know. There’s plenty of beach chairs,” he says.

We’re not Disney Nomads for nothing, you know.

Monkston comes back and we gather up our stuff again. We get down to the beach, drop everything on chairs yet again, and Monkston tells me she’s hungry.

“So you want me to walk all the way back up there when we just walked down here?”

Nods head.

“Do you know what you want?”

Shakes head.

I take her by the hand and off we go back up to the pool. I tell myself that I’ll be thankful for all this extraneous walking when my pants are looser at the end of the week. That is the beauty of a Disney vacation. I wish I had packed a pedometer. Oh wait. Never mind. That wouldn’t look cute.

We head over to the pool bar. I’m anxious to see it because surely a pool bar at such a deluxe hotel will be something to behold. I open the door and WOW!

This has got to be the ugliest, most depressing pool bar I’ve ever seen. It looks like the concession area at a bowling alley, a concession area that hasn’t been remodeled since the 70s at that. The only thing missing is a thick haze of smoke.

It's all part of the 70's Show meets Austin Powers streetmosphere of the BLT!

Monkston looks scared. She tells me wants Cheetos and runs out the door.

There are a couple women ahead of me and I watch as the bartender (let’s call her Marge) very slowly makes their frozen drinks. Marge doesn’t appear to have that Disney spring in her step. She looks beaten down and weary, like she’s worked at this old bowling alley for 30 years.

See? A CM who is really in to her character!

I look over the menu, trying to decide what to order. I’m not sure I’m in the mood for one of Disney’s $50 frozen drinks. I’d really like a glass of Chardonnay but I draw the line at Sutter Home mini bottles. Maybe I’ll get a Bud lime. That will be easy for poor, tired Marge.

She finishes up with the other customers and with her raspy voice, asks me what I’ll have.

I give her my very simple order and expect to see some relief in her eyes, some gratitude for my thoughtfulness.

She looks up behind her and sighs.

And then I see that the Bud with lime is on the top shelf of the cooler. Marge is not a tall woman.

She wearily walks over to get the step stool, and slowly climbs up to get the beer. I hold my breath, hoping she doesn’t fall because surely I will be blamed. I should have gone for the frozen drink. At least there would be no climbing.

Slowly, slowly, she climbs down…and she’s safe! Phew.

I pay my $167 snack bill, collect Monkston, and head back for our long walk to the beach.

Up next: Making friends with animals

So far your afternoon is making me very tired! I hope at some point you get to relax!

 

[laura74]

Me either. Maybe there's something to be said for ice cold Manitoba lakes....

Oh boy, you're land-locked, aren't you?


What do you mean? Of course Rusty went to a farm. Dogs love farms, right? Right?

Phew.


See? You're not just paying for food... you're paying for entertainment, too. Hence the justification of the high cost.

The Disney way

Oh, please, please tell me you had your hair in big curlers and were wearing fluffy pink slippers too. please.

Oh please. There is not a chance in h*ll of that ever happening. I don't answer the phone without makeup.


It might be a Deluxe... but it's Disney Deluxe. Real deluxe prices without the real deluxe service and amenities.

Amenities, definition: A common happening at the end of Church.

Good one.


Oh, shoot. I can't see utube vids at work. It'll have to wait until Monday night or Tuesday.

Wait. What kind of work week do you have in Canada? You know it's Sunday, right?

Really, is there anything worse than flat salami?

I think not.

I thought so.

I'm shocked, shocked that you didn't pack up then and there and head for home with your heads held high and your wallets tightly clutched.

We still have another day until we pack up.

Thanks again for another fun update!

Thanks Ponzi!

So far your afternoon is making me very tired! I hope at some point you get to relax!

Tammie, for some reason your comments didn't copy. Maybe there's another secret arrow for that Ponzi?

Looks like you and Ponzi are both disappointed that I didn't taunt the CR people that couldn't use our pool. Maybe next time I'll stay at Beach Club and really have some fun teasing the people that can't swim in Stormalong Bay.

Love the idea of the woman next to me being a plant for a commercial. She would have been perfect. And yeah, then there was me.

 

[Kgroo]

Monkston and I join Mr. Squid on the beach, I hand her the bag of Cheetos, and take a nice long sip of ice cold beer. Ahhh.

Nothing better than a $ 68 beer on the beach to make it seem like vacation

I’m not usually a beer drinker but Bud with lime tastes like the beach to me, the real beach, not this silly Disney beach.

I look out at the beautiful lake we’re not allowed in. I wonder how long it’s been this way, that Disney won’t allow you in the water. I’ve always assumed it was because there are alligators in there but recently I read that there’s some killer bacteria that will swim up your nose and eat your brain. Either scenario doesn’t sound too pleasant to me.

Who am I kidding? I probably wouldn’t get off the lounge chair anyway.

Mr. Squid asks Monkston for some Cheetos and she hands the bag to him. And I am not exaggerating when I tell you that within a minute of his first crunch, two ducks come running purposefully out of the water right at him. I’ve never seen a duck move so quickly. They won’t hurt us, right?

A little backstory here:

There’s something about Mr. Squid that animals find irresistible. If he’s lying on the sofa, our dog and cat will immediately hop on top of him. It doesn’t matter if I’m snuggling with one of them on the opposite couch, he sits down and they go right to him.

Here is our cat Picasso whom we usually call Jerkasso, for he is in fact the most annoying creature in the world. Don’t let his good looks fool you. Look at him. He’s 14 years old. With our luck he’ll live to 34.

And here is Mr. Squid making friends with a goat at the state fair.

But the most incredible animal friend he made was this baby squirrel we named Fearless (clever, I know).

A couple years ago our neighbor called us over to tell us that this little baby squirrel would not leave him alone. Fearless was chasing him and he was running like a little girl.

Mr. Squid called the squirrel like a dog and he came running over. He was so happy to be around people. I’d never seen anything like it. When one of us would leave the group, Fearless would chase after them, trying to herd us back together.

Fearless took a special liking to Mr. Squid. Within an hour he was crawling all over him, in and out of his sweatshirt pocket, up and down his arm.

If this were a more exotic creature, we’d call animal rescue. But I don’t think they would rush over to our house to prepare a squirrel for the wild.

I don’t know what happened to Fearless. He didn’t try to make friends again after that day. I’d like to think he found his family and they kept him safe.

Fearless made an appearance in Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase - the poor squirrel was just trying to make friends

But then I still believe my parents took our rough-housing golden retriever Rusty to a farm where he could be live out the rest of his days much happier than at our house.

Back to the ducks…

Here they are approaching Mr. Squid.

And here’s a little video.



We had fun with the ducks for quite a while so I think the $47 I spent for Cheetos was well worth it.

(Disclaimer: Before anyone says so, I realize that this was probably not the smartest thing to do and that we shouldn’t feed the ducks processed junk food. Though judging from the way they charged at us for it, my guess is that they’ve tasted Cheetos before.)

Animal taunting over, we pack up and decide to look around the concourse. I haven’t finished my beer so I decide to take it with me since it cost $68. I hope that I don’t look too trashy shopping in my coverup (albeit a really cute one) holding a beer.

It doesn't matter if you have a beer in your hand - at least you have one with lime in it - looks much classier that way - AND you were in a cute cover up

We spend a little time browsing through overpriced mouse merch and decide to try to cobble together a meal from convenience store food. None of us are starving since we had a pretty big meal at lunch so I decide to get makings for a cheese platter.

Now I just have to find the Brie…

This is a deluxe hotel, right? Where’s the Brie? Where’s the pate? This is the cheese selection? I see Gouda, Cheddar, Swiss, American…. not even a Boursin? A Cracker Barrel spread?

I guess I’ll have to go with Gouda and Cheddar. Maybe a nice salami would go with this. I see bologna, ham, turkey…ah there we go, Genoa salami. I wasn’t envisioning thinly sliced, prepackaged meat but it will have to do.

I also find a package of grapes and we go off in search for the cracker section. Where are the crackers? I see chips, chips, chips, cookies, cookies, donuts. Where are the crackers?

After some searching I see on the very bottom shelf, a lonely box of Wheat Thins. They still make them? I suddenly think of Sandy Duncan. Wow. I bet nobody’s said that in a while.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-cR87NQtIA

Well, I had envisioned a nice box of Carr’s water crackers but I guess Wheat Thins will have to do.

We pick out a mid-range Chardonnay and head over to the counter. We discover that we can use our AP discount on everything, even the wine! So now our bill is only $249! Yay us!

You should have called room service - for a mere $356 more you could have had a few packages of sesame crackers, a slim jim AND a milk chocolate mickey square.

We head back to our villa and after washing off our Disney sand, I go to the kitchen to put together our dinner. It all comes together pretty nicely except I can’t get the salami to stay folded. After being pressed together between plastic for so long it just wants to stay flat.

Monkston decides she loves Wheat Thins so I guess I’ll be thinking of Sandy Duncan more often.

Great update!!!!

 

[Backstage_Gal]

Laura, that was another great update. Loved the photos and video of Mr. Squid, LOL, just great.
You are so right on about Disney prices, sigh. People at work go out for lunch on occasion, but usually off-site. Even with 20% of (or even 40% some places) it's still a lot more expensive on-site.

But now for the really important question Do we get to see the cute cover-up???

 

[pkondz]

Oh boy, you're land-locked, aren't you?

Nope. As a matter of fact we have an ocean coast. For four years I lived in Churchill, on the coast of Hudson Bay, which is part of the Arctic Ocean. Not positive, but I believe it has the largest concentration of Beluga whales in the world. Certainly we had the most polar bears.

National Geographic moment for ya there.


Oh please. There is not a chance in h*ll of that ever happening. I don't answer the phone without makeup.



Wait. What kind of work week do you have in Canada? You know it's Sunday, right?

Not only is it a Sunday, but a long weekend for us. Monday is a national holiday... and I'm working it too!

Tammie, for some reason your comments didn't copy. Maybe there's another secret arrow for that Ponzi?

No secret arrow... but when you quote a post, it doesn't copy over anything that's already quoted (in a yellow box).

Looks like you and Ponzi are both disappointed that I didn't taunt the CR people that couldn't use our pool. Maybe next time I'll stay at Beach Club and really have some fun teasing the people that can't swim in Stormalong Bay.

Now you're talking!

 

[smidgy]

you can't fool animals! they know good people by instinct.

 

[laura74]

Great update!!!!

Thanks Kristen! Yes, overpriced drinks do make it feel like vacation!

Laura, that was another great update. Loved the photos and video of Mr. Squid, LOL, just great.
You are so right on about Disney prices, sigh. People at work go out for lunch on occasion, but usually off-site. Even with 20% of (or even 40% some places) it's still a lot more expensive on-site.

But now for the really important question Do we get to see the cute cover-up???

I found a link to the coverup which is amazing because I bought it over a year ago.

http://www.bonton.com/shop/women/sw...-burnout-tunic-swim-coverup-black_373835.html

Nope. As a matter of fact we have an ocean coast. For four years I lived in Churchill, on the coast of Hudson Bay, which is part of the Arctic Ocean. Not positive, but I believe it has the largest concentration of Beluga whales in the world. Certainly we had the most polar bears.

National Geographic moment for ya there.

That is so interesting! Lucky you...except for the cold that is.

you can't fool animals! they know good people by instinct.

Then why aren't they following me?

 

[MAGICFOR2]

Oh a plan to taunt the non-stormalong worthy guests! Now that would really be mean!

The duck video is hilarious! I would agree - I'll bet they've done that dance before! Funny how they honed right in on your DH though! I guess it's his animal magnetism

Cute cover-up! I'm sure it looked great for your red-neck shopping with your beer in hand!

 

[nfggirl5454]

Ok, I'm all caught up and just subscribed. Looking forward to hearing more about your trip! Btw, that is a cute cover-up, and Jerkasso sounds like my cat, Lurch. My mom calls him psycho cat, and the only people that actually like him are me and my 15-month old nephew.

 

[njtinkmom]

Just read your report after finding the link from Ponzi's tr! What a great report I love your style of writing - you are definitely giving the Nebo/Ponzi show a run for their money!!

There are many things I can relate to - I too have curly hair that I call my baramoter and yes it is very hard to find travel size hair products!! I also live in NJ, we fly out of Atlantic City because it is closer and less crazy than Philly! I always remind myself too that everything in the south is at a much s l o w e r pace than at home, I wish I could get used to that.... Perhaps when my dream to move to Fl and work in Disney comes true I will!

We are also "home owners" at BLT but we have yet to stay there, maybe some day... We just are no good with the 11 month planning - we are more spontaneous travelers, 3 months is more like it! I swear we will try for next year though!

I too have read the dreaded Fifty Shades books (all 3) and got sucked into the trap when my mother asked me if I read them, of course I said yes too fast before my brain processed where the conversation would go and she asked my what they were about... Well that was a fun dance trying to explain that!

Well keep up the good work and look forward to another chapter. And yes I read all the comments not just the chapters... Off to catch up on Ponzi's report which I have yet to comment on because I never seem to make it to the end! Then I have Nebo's to read which I am soooo far behind on I think he has been back twice since I started - but I will continue on!!

 

[GreenAcres]

I also found you via Ponzi. I LOVE your reporting style and your sense of humor! I don't post much at all, but I wanted to come out of lurkdom long enough to tell you you're doing a great job on a very enjoyable trip report. I'll be here. You know. Lurking.

 

[mmeb144]

OMG, that video was hilarious! Your DH is a laugh riot. Especially the part where he got the ducks to line dance, er, follow his hands.

 

[smidgy]

cause you aren't holding the cheetos!

 

[laura74]

Oh a plan to taunt the non-stormalong worthy guests! Now that would really be mean!

The duck video is hilarious! I would agree - I'll bet they've done that dance before! Funny how they honed right in on your DH though! I guess it's his animal magnetism

Cute cover-up! I'm sure it looked great for your red-neck shopping with your beer in hand!

Yes, I think I was the very height of red-neck couture.

Ok, I'm all caught up and just subscribed. Looking forward to hearing more about your trip! Btw, that is a cute cover-up, and Jerkasso sounds like my cat, Lurch. My mom calls him psycho cat, and the only people that actually like him are me and my 15-month old nephew.

I love the name Lurch! Picasso should be Lurch! I think I'll start calling him that.

Just read your report after finding the link from Ponzi's tr! What a great report I love your style of writing - you are definitely giving the Nebo/Ponzi show a run for their money!!

Aw thanks. I wish I were half as clever.

There are many things I can relate to - I too have curly hair that I call my baramoter and yes it is very hard to find travel size hair products!!

I know! Right? All of mine are a pound each.

I also live in NJ, we fly out of Atlantic City because it is closer and less crazy than Philly! I always remind myself too that everything in the south is at a much s l o w e r pace than at home, I wish I could get used to that.... Perhaps when my dream to move to Fl and work in Disney comes true I will!

I see you're in Manahawkin. Lucky you living so close to LBI!

We are also "home owners" at BLT but we have yet to stay there, maybe some day... We just are no good with the 11 month planning - we are more spontaneous travelers, 3 months is more like it! I swear we will try for next year though!

I love planning but I agree 11 months is a little early. We didn't make our reservations until about 7 months out for BLT though. It's easier if you stay at more than one place but not everyone wants to do that.

I too have read the dreaded Fifty Shades books (all 3) and got sucked into the trap when my mother asked me if I read them, of course I said yes too fast before my brain processed where the conversation would go and she asked my what they were about... Well that was a fun dance trying to explain that!

Too funny! I just noticed my sister hacked into my account to download them to her ipad. Maybe I'll have to tell Mom on her.

Well keep up the good work and look forward to another chapter. And yes I read all the comments not just the chapters... Off to catch up on Ponzi's report which I have yet to comment on because I never seem to make it to the end! Then I have Nebo's to read which I am soooo far behind on I think he has been back twice since I started - but I will continue on!!

Thanks!

I also found you via Ponzi. I LOVE your reporting style and your sense of humor! I don't post much at all, but I wanted to come out of lurkdom long enough to tell you you're doing a great job on a very enjoyable trip report. I'll be here. You know. Lurking.

Thanks so much! I used to be a more of a lurker but have recently discovered it's more fun to join in.

OMG, that video was hilarious! Your DH is a laugh riot. Especially the part where he got the ducks to line dance, er, follow his hands.

I love that part too.

cause you aren't holding the cheetos!

Those ducks should know I'm the one that bought them!

 

[nebo]

Just read your report after finding the link from Ponzi's tr! What a great report I love your style of writing - you are definitely giving the Nebo/Ponzi show a run for their money!!




Well keep up the good work and look forward to another chapter. And yes I read all the comments not just the chapters... Off to catch up on Ponzi's report which I have yet to comment on because I never seem to make it to the end! Then I have Nebo's to read which I am soooo far behind on I think he has been back twice since I started - but I will continue on!!

I'm sorry, I don't mean to laugh but she just sounds so distraught! Really, Gina,, it's not a job,,, just read at your own leisure. These reports are just here for fun, and Laura and Ponzi won't mind if you never post on their reports, again, honest.

 

[laura74]

I'm sorry, I don't mean to laugh but she just sounds so distraught! Really, Gina,, it's not a job,,, just read at your own leisure. These reports are just here for fun, and Laura and Ponzi won't mind if you never post on their reports, again, honest.

Speak for yourself Nebo! I was just getting ready to find a recipe to post to bump my report back up. Luckily you spared me because I have about 15 words with friends games to catch up on while I make dinner. Yes, I realize those are supposed to be played for fun.