Keepin' it on the downlow(country) at HHI - New TR link - pg 31

Hi Glen! I'm finally back from vacation and trying to catch up. I'm glad Judy's reaction wasn't more dramatic - too bad she is struggling with seasonings, I know she likes to cook. Great kayak tour pics! Funny about the near miss with the boat - I guess because it was a miss. :rotfl2: The rain looks like a nice time to relax and read, even if it does cramp your beach time.
 
My friend didn't have a lot of time to tell me about all of the details, but she did say that her family had an AWESOME TIME!:thumbsup2:dance3:

They were there mid August and she did say it was quite hot, nothing that she didn't expect though. She said there was a very nice breeze by the water though.:beach: This was their 1st time at HHI, and really enjoyed it!:thumbsup2 They loved biking to the beach and relaxing!
She enjoyed having access to many restaurants as well!:thumbsup2
She said that were on the top floor, 2 BR so there was no noise above them!:thumbsup2

So HAPPY to hear such positive feedback! Hoping to get a 7 month reservation, end of May, 1st week of June! We'll see!:cheer2:pixiedust:
 
He should've sent his stent-double. Ba dum bum.



!

:rotfl2: Good one!!!! :rotfl2:

So - you caught sight of the never aging Shadow! Love it! :thumbsup2

Fun day at the beach despite the brief interruption for rain.

Glad Judy was able to find a place to take care of her non vacation business. What - no pictures of the library? :confused3

Lunch and dinner look yummy! Great way to spend a rainy evening. The whole one bedroom thing still looks like such a luxury for me. I may need to splurge on one when we return to HHI as a couple.
 

Great Update Gleen.. The Anniversary banner was a nice touch ans Soooooo Disney!! Sounds like a very relaxing vacation so far!! Look at this NO smart alec remarks !! I must be leaving them for Mark and Marv the Bobsy twins:confused3:rotfl2::rotfl2:
 
Just sat and read the whole darned thing. Funtastic for sure- all but the sucky beginning of bikes, and the whole Dole Whip Debaucle (not a clue how to spell that, and I'm too lazy to push the spell check button- which I could have done multiple times now in the time it has taken me to write all this out. :sad2:).

But seriously, lovely, lovely vacation so far! Write on!
 
Just sat and read the whole darned thing. Funtastic for sure- all but the sucky beginning of bikes, and the whole Dole Whip Debaucle (not a clue how to spell that, and I'm too lazy to push the spell check button- which I could have done multiple times now in the time it has taken me to write all this out. :sad2:).

But seriously, lovely, lovely vacation so far! Write on!

I hate to answer comments out of order, but...since I see you posting while I'm online, I have to say "HI!!" :wave2: :welcome:

Thanks for checking on us over here. I should have another chapter up in a day or two.


I'm also texting a co-worker who's at the World right now, being a tour-guide-by-text, so yeah, I'm kind of in heaven. Almost as good as being there.
 
I hate to answer comments out of order, but...since I see you posting while I'm online, I have to say "HI!!" :wave2: :welcome:

Thanks for checking on us over here. I should have another chapter up in a day or two.


I'm also texting a co-worker who's at the World right now, being a tour-guide-by-text, so yeah, I'm kind of in heaven. Almost as good as being there.

Well... hi back at ya!! :wave2: It's good to check in every once in a while in between house cleaning duties and homeschool lessons. :)

Looking forward to the next chapters as you get them up.

NIIIIICE! I'm sure they'll have a great time with your expert leading!

I may take a plunge and start buying park tickets in advance of an yet unplanned, undetermined trip- just to avoid the inevitable ticket price increases.
 
Slowly catching up again. Seems to be a never ending project these days (busy weekend...a DIS meet an hour away, moving our oldest son out of the house, etc.).

Oh, I know...I'm always behind on the threads I'm following. But being busy is good.

I'm glad Judy got the tax thing taken care of.

When it comes to money, you have to pay attention.

Love seeing pictures of Shadow.

pluto:

Not a bad selfie at all.

Say "cheese!" :teeth:

Sorry about the rain on your beach day, but glad to see it emptied out...even if only for more people to come. :lmao::lmao::lmao:

I guess it would've been worse if it hadn't rained...nobody leaving, more people coming. :confused3

I'm not a Dole Whip lover but glad you surprised Judy with one.

Yeah, she had no idea that they were available there, so a nice surprise.

Poor Judy with one more thing she needs to watch when using a spice.

:sad2: :crazy2:

Great pictures during the rain storm.

Thank you.

How cool is that they scrolled your names across the screen for your anniversary. :)

Yep! :bride::groom:

There is something fun about being in a bathing suit and being caught in the rain.

Yes, but there's still some strange human nature stuff, like trying to protect yourself from the rain, walking around with your head ducked-down, etc. We seem to forget that we're in our bathing suit and were intending on getting wet. :scratchin

I am still learning that there may be more things I am allergic to. :scared:

Hopefully not things that end in "isney". ;) :rotfl2:

I have had some really good chefs at Disney help me in finding things to eat. Some are crazy cautious, too cautious sometimes and some really have gone out of their way to "create" something for me.
I finally made a card and divided it up into red - can't have, yellow - can have in small amounts and Green - tested positive but eat in moderation. Most Chefs have said it helps them because they can take it back into the kitchen to look against ingredients.

Good work! :thumbsup2 Especially that it's something they can take with them back to the kitchen.

I hope he shared the proceeds with Huey and Louie.

Great line, but the judges are going to have to award Rob the +1 :thumbsup2

This economic plan seems to have some holes in it. I'm worried you're now going to rent a car for the rest of the week.

If only HHI had a "meal plan" that I could purchase, in addition to groceries.

No, nothing to see here. Please disperse.

:rotfl2:

Ah, thank goodness! The vacation has been saved!

Never underestimate the power of the Dole Whip.

Very cool! And a very Disney touch.

:goodvibes

I can dig it. Especially with a loved one around.

;)
 
Hi Glen! I'm finally back from vacation and trying to catch up. I'm glad Judy's reaction wasn't more dramatic - too bad she is struggling with seasonings, I know she likes to cook.

Hi Tammie! Hope you had a great vacation. Yeah, her reactions aren't medical emergencies or anything, but she feels a whole lot better avoiding certain things. Her diet is much more limited these days.

Great kayak tour pics! Funny about the near miss with the boat - I guess because it was a miss. :rotfl2:

It was a strange moment, for sure! :laughing:

The rain looks like a nice time to relax and read, even if it does cramp your beach time.

Not the best beach day, but we'll take it.

My friend didn't have a lot of time to tell me about all of the details, but she did say that her family had an AWESOME TIME!:thumbsup2:dance3:

That's great to hear. Having stayed there now, I can say that I'm not surprised! :)

They were there mid August and she did say it was quite hot, nothing that she didn't expect though. She said there was a very nice breeze by the water though.:beach: This was their 1st time at HHI, and really enjoyed it!:thumbsup2 They loved biking to the beach and relaxing!
She enjoyed having access to many restaurants as well!:thumbsup2
She said that were on the top floor, 2 BR so there was no noise above them!:thumbsup2

HHI isn't your typical Disney vacation, that's for sure. Very relaxing...beach, pool, nature walks, biking, restaurants, etc. As long as you're not looking to go-go-go (like at the parks), what more could you want?

So HAPPY to hear such positive feedback! Hoping to get a 7 month reservation, end of May, 1st week of June! We'll see!:cheer2:pixiedust:

Yes, it's great to hear good feedback about the resort. Good luck on getting a reservation for the dates that you want.

:rotfl2: Good one!!!! :rotfl2:

;)

So - you caught sight of the never aging Shadow! Love it! :thumbsup2

The resort mascot!

Fun day at the beach despite the brief interruption for rain.

Not too bad.

Glad Judy was able to find a place to take care of her non vacation business. What - no pictures of the library? :confused3

I never even considered it! :rotfl2:

Lunch and dinner look yummy! Great way to spend a rainy evening. The whole one bedroom thing still looks like such a luxury for me. I may need to splurge on one when we return to HHI as a couple.

It was a splurge for us, but we loved having it with the kitchen and laundry, of course.

Love the anniversary message! That is too cute! :thumbsup2

:goodvibes

Great Update Gleen.

Thank you Roosie! ;)

The Anniversary banner was a nice touch ans Soooooo Disney!! Sounds like a very relaxing vacation so far!!

We had such a nice time. So relaxing, and we loved it there.

Look at this NO smart alec remarks !!

Well, except for calling me "Gleen". :rolleyes2

I must be leaving them for Mark and Marv the Bobsy twins:confused3:rotfl2:

They get in their fair share!
 
Well... hi back at ya!! :wave2: It's good to check in every once in a while in between house cleaning duties and homeschool lessons. :)

:idea: Assign 'em a big book report or something, so that you have more free time!

Looking forward to the next chapters as you get them up.

:cool1:

NIIIIICE! I'm sure they'll have a great time with your expert leading!

It was a mom and her animal-obsessed 3-year old, so I had to think a little differently -- no Expedition Everest and Space Mountain; it was the Safari and Jungle Cruise that were the big hits.

I may take a plunge and start buying park tickets in advance of an yet unplanned, undetermined trip- just to avoid the inevitable ticket price increases.

Good plan. Plus you're guaranteed a trip....we'd hate for these tickets to go to waste! :rolleyes:
 
I'm really enjoying your report! DH and I have been to HHI several times, but never the Disney property, and I just booked several nights for us and the kids over spring break this morning! I'm glad to see the beach looks really nice!

Laurie
 
I'm really enjoying your report!

Thank you Sarabi's Cubs and :welcome: to the trip report.

DH and I have been to HHI several times, but never the Disney property, and I just booked several nights for us and the kids over spring break this morning! I'm glad to see the beach looks really nice!

Laurie

That's great! You'll know your way around the island already, and I'm sure you'll have a great stay at the resort.

And from your ticker it looks like you have under 2 weeks until an ABD trip -- how awesome is that?! :cool1:
 
In the time that we had on Monday (previous chapter) just sitting and watching the rain from under our beach umbrella, I got to thinking about the difficulty we had in finding the Beach House on our first bike outing. Maps are fine, and verbal descriptions such as, "you'll see a spot where it looks like you wouldn't be allowed through, but just keep on going" are even more helpful :rolleyes:, but what we really need, especially in this day and age, is a video. But who would volunteer for this task? Who knows the path, with all its twists and turns? Who would be willing to take up the mantle of this challenge set before him? Who's got an iPhone and free time?

<Glennbo looks around, sees no one else who hears the voices in his head.>

"Um, I guess I'll do it."

Waking up on Tuesday morning, I was thinking about making the just-described biking video and realized that one problem was that iPhone video doesn't let you stop and start recording – when you stop, it saves the video. And it's too long of a trip to do one long shot. I figured there had to be an app that would let you stop and start recording, basically editing on-the-fly, and I found one called Emoji Cam, which also fit my price range, of "free". I downloaded it and tested it out and it seemed to do the trick.

It was now around 7 o'clock and I wanted to get going, before there was very much activity on the bike trail. I showered and started working on putting some breakfast together for myself. I made some eggs and toast, and Judy heated up some bacon that she had cooked earlier. I put half a Via packet in the coffee mug since the mugs are small and it's pretty potent, and I was afraid that Judy would pick up the Via packet and spill the rest so I told her to be careful – it's still Via-ble. Ba-dum-bum.

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We made our plan for the day, which was to go to the Outlets in the morning. With the rain that we had the night before, it didn't look like today was going to be a good beach day. We'd at least go outlet-shopping until lunchtime or so, and then see if the weather was good enough to try out the resort pool.

But first, I'd take a little bike trip to the Beach House and back, and record it for y'all.

Ladies and Gentlemen, for your viewing pleasure, I give you Glennbo's "Cycling to Beach House video", take 1.


I seem to be going s-o-o-o s-l-o-o-w on that video, but I thought I was going normal-speed at the time.

I came back to the suite and tried and tried and tried to upload that video to Youtube, but couldn't get it to upload. Ahh, technology.


Up next: The Outlets and the Big Dipper Pool
Link to next chapter
 
Can't watch video due to utterly crappy internet data constrictures. But I"m sure it's riveting!

I see bacon on the plate. I didn't need much more. :thumbsup2
 
Can't watch video due to utterly crappy internet data constrictures. But I"m sure it's riveting!

:rotfl2: I just gotta find a tux to wear to the Oscars.

I see bacon on the plate. I didn't need much more. :thumbsup2

Bacon!

It wasn't a big chapter, but once you show a picture with bacon in it, you might as well wrap it up because you've already hit the apex. It's all downhill from there.
 
Bacon. <drool>

Bravo! I'm nominating you for a YouTube award. :rotfl2: In all seriousness, its a great video and if I was going to HHI anytime soon, it would really help me out!

Jill in CO
 
:idea: Assign 'em a big book report or something, so that you have more free time!


It's only good until the 29th... then the hammer drops. I'll be dreaming of bedpans and needlesticks. (you caught that right?)


It was a mom and her animal-obsessed 3-year old, so I had to think a little differently -- no Expedition Everest and Space Mountain; it was the Safari and Jungle Cruise that were the big hits.

The olde... eh hmm.. more mature I get, the more I realize that those also can make a rather nice line up! :rolleyes1


Good plan. Plus you're guaranteed a trip....we'd hate for these tickets to go to waste! :rolleyes:

The trip is guaranteed. I told my family they can either come with me or stay home. Either way, that is how I'll be rewarding myself if I ever make it through.
:dance3:
 
:rotfl2: I just gotta find a tux to wear to the Oscars.



Bacon!

It wasn't a big chapter, but once you show a picture with bacon in it, you might as well wrap it up because you've already hit the apex. It's all downhill from there.

Save it. You can wear it to my next daughter's wedding.

^truth.
 
That is a great video. It was very confusing for us the first time we biked to the beach house. We rode right past the entrance and biked back on the beach, which the beach house is also tough to find from the beach if you do not know where it is.
 



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