National Lampoon's February Quest For Fun!!~ LIVE UPDATE 2/9 post 852

[Blueyed Girl]

I've never seen my name spelled that way before....how would you pronounce that?

I didn't even notice until you bolded it. It almost looks like cheese.

 

[englishrose47]

I've never seen my name spelled that way before....how would you pronounce that?

 

[MAGICFOR2]

I can't believe you had Sneaux!!! It was pretty warm here over the past week - 40s and 50s. Today only 18 - 5 tonight. This Global WArming is crazy!

 

[Blueyed Girl]

i can't believe you had sneaux!!! It was pretty warm here over the past week - 40s and 50s. Today only 18 - 5 tonight. This global warming is crazy!

burrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!

 

[jordanyosh]

I've never seen my name spelled that way before....how would you pronounce that?

Chee I eeeeeeeeee

 

[MAGICFOR2]

Oh, AND I have to mention that our OREGON DUCKS are in the ROSE BOWL! We would go, but we'll be in Texas with our grandbabies

 

[englishrose47]

Morning Blue !!!

 

[Blueyed Girl]

Oh, AND I have to mention that our OREGON DUCKS are in the ROSE BOWL! We would go, but we'll be in Texas with our grandbabies

I know that is AWESOME!!


I would love to go to the Capital One Bowl but we have booked this trip and are TRYING to save to take another trip to WDW possibly in June where my mother may come with us.

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

hello

im here

great report so far, and i am sure it will continue, you have a fun trip planned and meeting some cool people.


looking forward to more.

 

[glennbo123]

Signing on!

 

[eliz991]

The following is a quote "based on" one of my favorite movies...it is also edited for content....

"This is not a vacation . . . it's a QUEST! IT'S A QUEST FOR FUN! I'm gonna have fun, and you're gonna have fun! We're all gonna have so much darn fun we'll need plastic surgery to remove our smiles! You'll be whistling Zip-a-dee-doo-da out of your behinds!..... I've got to be crazy! I'm on a pilgrimage to see a mouse! Praise Mickey Mouse!"

~Clark W. Griswold~

One of the reasons I find the above movie quote so darn funny is because it is so very close to what our family vacations were like when I was a kid. The way my dad behaved on vacation is scarily close to Clark W. Griswold himself. I remember driving to Walt Disney World for my very first trip ever when I was in the 4th grade. Clark was right. It was not a vacation. It was a quest for fun!! Back then there was no such thing as ADR's. There wasn't even a time when we made hotel reservations!! We got in the car at 5am and we drove to Florida. When it started to get dark we'd pull into whatever town we were next to and start going to hotels one by one to see who had vacancies. This didn't always lead to the greatest of places to stay but one thing is for sure, we always met interesting people.

Wow, I am way late and not caught up yet but I had to respond to this first post! We too had these vacations as children...we drove to Orlando from Michigan for our trip to Disney(we didn't have to worry about hotels though because we had our handy dandy pop up camper. KOA campgrounds all the way bay-bee!). We went to Carlsbad from Texas. We drove to North Carolina every other year (from Michigan and then from Texas) to visit family. The best was the year after we moved to Dallas - we drove from here, to western North Carolina (Asheville), to eastern North Carolina (by Virginia Beach) then via the Grand Canyon to San Jose, CA to visit my uncle, then to MEXICO, and then back to Dallas. Ugh, that was a long drive! The smell of ritz crackers still makes me nauseous (we didn't do restaurants either).

I'll have to snag some pics if I can find them. I think most of our trips are preserved through the magic of super-8 though and not regular pics.

Okay, off to get caught up!

 

[jordanyosh]

Morning Blue!!!!! less than 60 days!

 

[Blueyed Girl]

hello

im here

great report so far, and i am sure it will continue, you have a fun trip planned and meeting some cool people.


looking forward to more.

Hey there and
Glad you came over!

I can't wait till this trip. When we started going to WDW I never would have thought that years later we'd be meeting up with friends that we have all over the US.

Signing on!

Yay!!
Thanks for coming over!

Wow, I am way late and not caught up yet but I had to respond to this first post! We too had these vacations as children...we drove to Orlando from Michigan for our trip to Disney(we didn't have to worry about hotels though because we had our handy dandy pop up camper. KOA campgrounds all the way bay-bee!). We went to Carlsbad from Texas. We drove to North Carolina every other year (from Michigan and then from Texas) to visit family. The best was the year after we moved to Dallas - we drove from here, to western North Carolina (Asheville), to eastern North Carolina (by Virginia Beach) then via the Grand Canyon to San Jose, CA to visit my uncle, then to MEXICO, and then back to Dallas. Ugh, that was a long drive! The smell of ritz crackers still makes me nauseous (we didn't do restaurants either).

I'll have to snag some pics if I can find them. I think most of our trips are preserved through the magic of super-8 though and not regular pics.

Okay, off to get caught up!

HAHAHAAAA!!!!!! THE SUPER 8.....I LOVE IT!!!!

We would have LOVED to camp in a camper. We being myself, my sister and my mother. But noooo, my dad had to "rough it" with the lovely tent. Out of all the times we've camped there is only ONCE where it was at an actual camp ground. Right after me and hubby got married my dad was dying to take us camping on the bayou like we did when I was a kid. He thought it'd be so cool because now he has a "son" to add to the mix. My dh had no idea what he was in for when he agreed to this. We all learned a lot about each other that night. I learned that my dh even though he is sort of "macho" and has one of those "manly" jobs, can be a little bit of a wimp when put in the middle of the bayou with alligators and snakes knocking at your tent window all night. My DH in turn learned that he has entered into the crazy family.

Morning Blue!!!!! less than 60 days!

I KNOW!!!! ISN'T IT FANTASTIC??????

 

[eliz991]

HAHAHAAAA!!!!!! THE SUPER 8.....I LOVE IT!!!!

We would have LOVED to camp in a camper. We being myself, my sister and my mother. But noooo, my dad had to "rough it" with the lovely tent. Out of all the times we've camped there is only ONCE where it was at an actual camp ground. Right after me and hubby got married my dad was dying to take us camping on the bayou like we did when I was a kid. He thought it'd be so cool because now he has a "son" to add to the mix. My dh had no idea what he was in for when he agreed to this. We all learned a lot about each other that night. I learned that my dh even though he is sort of "macho" and has one of those "manly" jobs, can be a little bit of a wimp when put in the middle of the bayou with alligators and snakes knocking at your tent window all night. My DH in turn learned that he has entered into the crazy family.

Okay, I used to teach survival camping but I'm not sure I'm up to camping down on the bayou! (sorry, it's a law that if you're not from Louisiana, you can't go "to" or "in" or "into" the bayou, you can only go "down on" the bayou. Blame Hank Williams I guess. Or Creedence Clearwater Revival. I dunno.)

The best super 8 movie we have is from when we lived in Detroit. We went up to Windsor (Ontario) and my dad decided he wanted to film us on the line (painted on the bridge if I recall) between the US and Canada. So, my sister and I (we are maybe 6 and 4ish) are jumping and hopping back and forth over the line yelling "now I'm in Canada! Now I'm in the US!" Suddenly, some man comes along and says, "hey that looks like fun!" and starts jumping with us! So he is a part of our home movies....nowadays someone probably would have thought he was a pervert. It was just so funny and he had a great time jumping back and forth with my sister and me.

 

[Blueyed Girl]

Okay, I used to teach survival camping but I'm not sure I'm up to camping down on the bayou! (sorry, it's a law that if you're not from Louisiana, you can't go "to" or "in" or "into" the bayou, you can only go "down on" the bayou. Blame Hank Williams I guess. Or Creedence Clearwater Revival. I dunno.)

The best super 8 movie we have is from when we lived in Detroit. We went up to Windsor (Ontario) and my dad decided he wanted to film us on the line (painted on the bridge if I recall) between the US and Canada. So, my sister and I (we are maybe 6 and 4ish) are jumping and hopping back and forth over the line yelling "now I'm in Canada! Now I'm in the US!" Suddenly, some man comes along and says, "hey that looks like fun!" and starts jumping with us! So he is a part of our home movies....nowadays someone probably would have thought he was a pervert. It was just so funny and he had a great time jumping back and forth with my sister and me.

LOL!!! I can't remember who said "down on the bayou" but I LOVE "born on the bayou" by CCR. NOBODY can sing that song like John Fogerty!

That is hilarious about the video and the man jumping in with ya'll. Yeah, now days it might be a little weird. But I bet it was fun and funny!

On the whole super 8 thing..... I am a member of the local film group here. Last year we had a competition using super 8's. There is no one anywhere close who can turn super 8 film to a DVD, so there is no way to edit a super 8 video. Our contest was to write and shoot a super 8 movie (3minutes long) and synchronize the sounds. It was sort of a one shot deal. It was fun to watch what everyone came up with. Anyway, I thought it was interesting at how difficult it was to find someone to change super 8 to DVD. The cartridges had to be mailed off to somewhere up north. I can't remember where. Amazing how much technology has evolved.

 

[Trentmom]

Hey Cherie

Had to read back and catch up

That is so nice you are all having a dinner meat. Wave food sounds great

Love pics of Ds in snow...he is so cute

 

[Blueyed Girl]

Hey Cherie

Had to read back and catch up

That is so nice you are all having a dinner meat. Wave food sounds great

Love pics of Ds in snow...he is so cute

Hey there!

YEP!! We are having a nice "dis meet" dinner.

Can't wait to read all about your trip!!

 

[Trentmom]

Hey there!

YEP!! We are having a nice "dis meet" dinner.

Can't wait to read all about your trip!!

I Just realized I put MEAT and not MEET

Thanks girl

Been busy getting pics uploaded onto my computer

 

[Blueyed Girl]

I Just realized I put MEAT and not MEET

Thanks girl

Been busy getting pics uploaded onto my computer

OMG, I didn't even catch that! Too funny!

 

[Trentmom]

OMG, I didn't even catch that! Too funny!

Must have had food on the brain