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

[dvc4life]

Great video Glenn! Seems like a narrow path you were on at times. Eek! And I bet it can get quite busy. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

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.

Hey, you have the same app budget that I do!

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

Thanks for the tips! Whenever we try this place out, I'm sure I will refer to this and then get really lazy and take the shuttle.

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

I knew I liked you, Liesa.

 

[Steppesister]

I knew I liked you, Liesa.

I aim to please. Did I mention it was homemade bacon, bleu cheese bread for dinner last night. Too bad you live on the E. Coast. Suckah....

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

I aim to please. Did I mention it was homemade bacon, bleu cheese bread for dinner last night. Too bad you live on the E. Coast. Suckah....

Don't make me come back there!

 

[Steppesister]

You'd be disappointed. It's all gone. (Glenn, has my obnoxious hijacking of your thread annoyed you yet?)

 

[KatMark]

Okay...now I want bacon!

Great job on the video, Glenn. That must have been tough to do while riding your bike with two hands on at all times.

 

[franandaj]

Great video! Did you hold the iPhone while you were riding? If so you have a very steady hand. It was a lot father than I would have expected. I loved that you stopped and looked both ways before crossing the street. I wonder if parents teach their kids that these day. I suppose not since they don't even know enough to get their heads out of their phones before crossing the street.

 

[DisneyKid4Life]

You know, the trip to the beach house kinda reminds me of the walk to/from Boardwalk/DHS. A little obscure if you don't know where to start.

And I have to add in a great big THANK YOU for NOT going vertical video on the iPhone leaving that tall and thin strip to watch. Drives me crazy.

 

[MEK]

Ahhhh - HH bike path. Can't say I ever rode a bike on it but I sure have run on it quite a few times. In fact, I ran right past the beach house one time.

And then one morning I heard this car horn that wouldn't stop. The car was pulled on the side of the road right past the beach house. I ran up to see what was going on and the guy in the car sort of woke up and drove away. Sort of scary because I was certain he was drunk or still hungover from the night before.

Despite the rain the evening before it looks like a decent morning.

 

[nittanyliongirl02]

Your video seems like it could be quite helpful, as I can now see how one could get lost attempting to get to the beach. Kinda like National Lampoon's vacation "Look kids, Big Ben...Parliament", as they keep going in circles. I would certainly get lost!

But is it weird, that all I can think of in my head is someone riding their bike, while watching your video on their phone and inadvertently taking a wrong turn (as they weren't paying attention) and going head over handle bars into the water, ala movie style?!

Yes...that's how my mind rolls!

 

[natebenma]

I think we corresponded about this once before -- it's a Fuji XP60, purchased at Costco last summer. I believe you have the same one?

Really? You've had leak issues with all of those??? From the instructions with this one, it sounds like the most vulnerable spot is the battery compartment.

Yes, I actually have 2 Fuji XPs- one in blue and one in yellow. I was so impressed with it, when it went on sale at Sam's Club I purchased the second one. And got the service plan and figure if one of them fails, I could get a replacement.

Yes, I have had leak issues with all of those cameras. They do get a lot of water time between pools, the beach, water parks and theme parks, so I go into it knowing that it may not be a long-term relationship.

Yes, the battery compartment is the weakest link.

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

Is he related to Rover, the never-aging dog in Carousel of Progress?

 

[jerseygal]

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 , 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.

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.

Biking to the Beach House, 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

THANKS for the GREAT VIDEO! SO HELPFUL!
How long would you say at an "average" pace, one way? Thanks!

 

[natebenma]

What a nice, productive and informative morning you had!

That was a really helpful video you made

 

[Poolrat]

Nice video and Thanks. I do agree it looks narrow and unforgiving. Where I grew up it was 7 miles to the beach along a path next to the HWY.

It was set back except at the bridges and then there was a railing to keep us apart. On at least one occasion I have made contact with that railing.


I MIGHT want to ride over but I know I probably will not want to ride back at the end of the day.

Bacon ALWAYS gets a drool......

 

[MAGICFOR2]

Great job on the video I would not be able to film while riding, unless I had a helmet cam. It seems a long way to the beach and pool. Is there a pool near the rooms, too? Signals deck looks like a nice place to hang out and enjoy the view.

 

[CreightonsMomma]

Great little video, Glen!

(Too short of an update though. I'm trying to procrastinate here....guess i'll go do my laundry.... )

 

[adrianna_sarah]

Still enjoying the read, even though we have been back from out own long weekend at HH for 6 *sigh* days *sigh*. We have decided two things:

1) A four day weekend is still entirely too short. We hope to stay for a whole week next year.

2) If we ever do buy into DVC (secondary market) it will likely be here. What an amazing place! And I'm not at all picky about where I stay at WDW as long as it has a balcony, but if this is the place I book at 11 months out, so be it.

Who knew that four days on an island in SC could renew a gal's spirit? Amazing!

Cheers,
A

 

[glennbo123]

Bacon. <drool>

Mmm. Had some this mornin'.

Bravo! I'm nominating you for a YouTube award.

In all seriousness, its a great video and if I was going to HHI anytime soon, it would really help me out!

Yay, thanks!

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

Back to school or some on-the-job training?

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

True.

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.

You need a reward for yourself after all of this schoolin'.

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

^truth.

Is there a date?

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.

Whoa, I bet it's even tougher from the beach, at least the first time. It's a little hard to see the Beach House over the dunes and grass and stuff. That first time is definitely a little tricky, then after that it's not hard at all.

 

[glennbo123]

Great video Glenn! Seems like a narrow path you were on at times. Eek! And I bet it can get quite busy. Thanks for sharing!

Thank Chris. It's a width where it's fine if you're not passing anybody coming from the other direction, but if so, you have to be careful that you don't knock each others' handlebars. It is a little bit busy during the day.

Hey, you have the same app budget that I do!

Yes!

Cheep.

Thanks for the tips! Whenever we try this place out, I'm sure I will refer to this and then get really lazy and take the shuttle.

Or ride into a tree, because you're busy watching your phone screen.

I knew I liked you, Liesa.

I aim to please. Did I mention it was homemade bacon, bleu cheese bread for dinner last night. Too bad you live on the E. Coast. Suckah....

Homemade bacon? That's the best. Thick slices. Mmmmm.

Don't make me come back there!

You'd be disappointed. It's all gone. (Glenn, has my obnoxious hijacking of your thread annoyed you yet?)

 

[glennbo123]

Okay...now I want bacon!

That is no laughing matter!

Great job on the video, Glenn. That must have been tough to do while riding your bike with two hands on at all times.

Hands on the bike? Who used any hands on the bike? I had my phone in one hand and lighting equipment in the other.

Great video! Did you hold the iPhone while you were riding? If so you have a very steady hand.

Yep, I held the phone.

It was a lot father than I would have expected.

It was a tad bit further than I expected too, because on the first trip we didn't go far enough before I started turning down other streets thinking, "it has to be around here somewhere!"

I loved that you stopped and looked both ways before crossing the street. I wonder if parents teach their kids that these day. I suppose not since they don't even know enough to get their heads out of their phones before crossing the street.

I wasn't sure if I should turn the camera to show that I was looking each way, or just keep it pointed forward and say that I was.

Yeah, I don't know. We certainly taught our kids when they were tykes, before they got phones. Hopefully, they paid attention enough.

You know, the trip to the beach house kinda reminds me of the walk to/from Boardwalk/DHS. A little obscure if you don't know where to start.

I haven't made that walk yet -- hope to next year though!

And I have to add in a great big THANK YOU for NOT going vertical video on the iPhone leaving that tall and thin strip to watch. Drives me crazy.

I wouldn't dream of doing anything else. But on the other hand...now that I know what might drive you over the edge...hmmm.

Ahhhh - HH bike path. Can't say I ever rode a bike on it but I sure have run on it quite a few times. In fact, I ran right past the beach house one time.

You are not the first to tell me that they did that! The place really is not intuitively obvious to find...at least on the first try.

And then one morning I heard this car horn that wouldn't stop. The car was pulled on the side of the road right past the beach house. I ran up to see what was going on and the guy in the car sort of woke up and drove away. Sort of scary because I was certain he was drunk or still hungover from the night before.

Despite the rain the evening before it looks like a decent morning.

Yeah, we totally should've switched our beach and Outlet days. But I'm getting ahead of myself.