Nikki's trip report~Finally Complete! Come read. Pg 25

[Simba22]

Subbing so I can come back later and read!

 

[Simba22]

OK I'm back already! Those pics from the beach were gorgeous! It made me so jealous!

OK and I have to share my crappy hotel story:
A couple years ago, we decided to go to Wildwood, NJ for vacation. I know, some of you are asking yourselves WHY WOULD YOU GO THERE? But my mom is not an OTP (obsessive trip planner) like all of us are, so she just flipped through the AAA book, found a nice, cheap vacation destination and decided that's where we were going. So She leaves it up to me to pick the hotel. I can't for the life of me remember the name of the place, but in the book, it was GORGEOUS! There were nice little palm trees surround the pool for privacy, paper lanterns strung up over the pool area, nice big rooms, etc. I booked a 3 room suite, which they told me consisted of 2 separate bedrooms with two double bed in each, and a main living room area with a pullout. So we get there and the place looks like it's abandoned. The paint was was peeling off of the building, the palm trees that were in the picture were actually at the resort across the street, the room was ONE bedroom, a main living area, and a BATHROOM. When I went to main office to question this, the girl at the desk said that they booked us in a 2-room suite, not a 3-room so that is why we only have one bedroom. We ask if we can switch to a bigger room and there aren't any available. So my sister and I end up sharing a bed, my mom got the other double, and my brother ended up on the pullout for the whole week. Oh wait, it gets better. So the toilet in the bathroom had ZERO water pressure. I would have probably had better luck if I tried to use the sink. Needless to say, we were all a bit apprehensive about using the toilet for purposes other than #1. The stove was directly behind the bathroom door and you had to pass between the two to get into the bedroom. How many times did people get wacked with the door? A lot. The beds were incredibly uncomfortable, and the whole room had that urine smell going on.

And there was this GIANT family of like 20 people in the very first room on the first floor that had all of their crap piled out into the walkway so when we were trying to unload and re-load the car with our luggage, we literally had to keep stepping over them. And they were in the pool from 8am when it opened until 10pm, 2 hours after it officially closed, every single day. And guess what kind of view our room had. That's right, a pool view.

Sorry, I didn't mean to hi-jack your TR but I had to share. Don't even get me started on the Super 8 in Atlantic City. Talk about a roach motel! And people wonder why I only want to vacation in DISNEY!!!

 

[ILMICKEY]

O.k everyone, I'd like to say, my room wasn't so bad. Not compared to that anyway. Yikes!

 

[ILMICKEY]

I woke up around 6:00 a.m. Since I fell asleep at 8:00. I had really tried to get Jay to go to sleep early as I new we'd get up early and "bother" him. But he didn't. He stayed up.

Who knows best???

So I quietly find my camera, shoes, wake up Robby and we head to the beach to watch the sunrise.

I was really surpised to feel how warm it was. It was so weird after leaving the cold in Michigan. But man it felt wonderful. I had expected it to be a little cooler though.

We walked out on the hotels little terrace area and walked down to the beach. The tide was way up.

I was a little bummed because it was pretty apparent I wasn't going to get my sunrise. It was still beautiful though. The waves were still pretty big and the birds were everywhere.

It was a wonderful morning. I hadn't bothered to even brush my hair to go out so it was kind of funny when this jogger ran by staring at me!

I took a couple pictures of Robby.

Oh I just love the beach. I wish we would have had a couple more days to spend there.

We went back to the room to start our first full rested day of our vacation.
I got showered and makeuped. Woke the rest of the crew up and cracked the whip. Which was how most of the trip went.

We lugged our ton of luggage down to the truck, checked out and we were on our way. It was about 8:30.

I was on a mission today. I wanted to get to the track. We stopped by Mickey D's for breakfast and encountered the line from you know where. We must have been in that line for half and hour. We were kind of stuck in there so we couldn't have left and tried somewhere else. I had totally forgotten it was Black Friday.

This is the one thing I totally missed on vacation. I LOVE Black Friday. But I had people doing some of my shopping for me, so it wasn't so bad. It's funny, I really hate crowds. But on this day, I don't know if it's because I am so tired from getting up at 3:00 a.m. or if it's the cold, but I can totally deal with them. I don't even mind walking the .57 of a mile in the parking lot to get to a store.

Anywhoo, after we get done with our breakfast we head to the track. We did have to walk the .57 mile here. That's alright, cause this is what I got to spend my day with.

Isn't that one of the purdiest things you've ever seen. Oh, I just love American Muscle!! I'm just going to show you the pics of all of them.

Nice huh?? I am totally in love with the 69 Camaro. Have you seen the prototype of the 2009 camaro? They went all retro like they did the Mustang. I can't wait until it comes out!

I also took a couple pictures of the lake. I always see it when we watch a race. We were there in 2003 for the race, but we were sitting so low in the stands we never got to see it.

We walked around for a few hours. 5000 cars were there that day and after a while they all started looking the same. Not that I minded, I just knew where our next destination was and I was getting a little anxious. We hit the little craft show on the way out. I also took a picture of the track.

I was kind of surprised there was very little banking. I've walked on Michigans track and wow, it was steep.

We hauled our butts back to the truck. Jay told me I was driving to Disney World. Not a problem, I've mastered this truck thing. I got in, backed up, put her in drive and gave her a little vroom vroom. He gave me this "look". I looked back at him with on of those grins and said "It's a hemi".

I guess I had a little too much car show that morning. I was feeling a little Froggy. He didn't say anything when we pulled out of the parking lot and I got on it.

Not one word!!

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

Love the sunrise pictures, even if they are a little cloudy.


I love that monster FORD truck.

Cant wait to see how fast you made it down to the world.

VRMMMMM

 

[Montana Disney Fan]

This is my favorite!!


I am a TOTAL car nut. For mother's day this year, LtP got wheels & tires for her Hummer. I put wheels and tires on my car also. All cars need nice wheels and tires... no matter how uncool they are.

I saw a decked out mini-van once that was baaadddd-azzzzzzz!!!

 

[ILMICKEY]

Love the sunrise pictures, even if they are a little cloudy.

Thanks! I was a little bummed, but it won't be the last sunrise ever. Someday I'll make it back to get more. If I don't get a good picture then, I will know it's just me!

I love that monster FORD truck.

Me too! I love BIG! They didn't really have many like that, they were mostly classics. I would have loved to have seem more of those!

Cant wait to see how fast you made it down to the world.

VRMMMMM

This is my favorite!!

Isn't it suh-weet? There were so many camaros there. I was in heaven. A lot of them were for sale. What a souvenier that would have been huh? Matt tells me when he is rich he's gonna buy me one .

I am a TOTAL car nut. For mother's day this year, LtP got wheels & tires for her Hummer. I put wheels and tires on my car also. All cars need nice wheels and tires... no matter how uncool they are.

Yep! They do. Hey, those things aren't cheap. I'd be happy with a mothers day present like that. My guy friends tell me I should put a small lift on my Liberty. I think I'll hold off on that. I did put bigger tires on it. Gotta start somewhere.

I saw a decked out mini-van once that was baaadddd-azzzzzzz!!!

I'm trying to picture a decked out minivan, sorry, can't get to that place.

 

[Simba22]

there needs to be a little drooling smiley so I can use it in times like this.

 

[ILMICKEY]

there needs to be a little drooling smiley so I can use it in times like this.

I can't find one either. They are nice huh? I kept saying "I want this one and this one and this one!!"

 

[wvdislover]

Subbing! Love the morning "sunrise" pics. The clouds really added to it--beautiful! Can't wait to hear about your trip.

 

[Montana Disney Fan]

I'm trying to picture a decked out minivan, sorry, can't get to that place.

 

[Simba22]

Oh yeah?? how 'bout this one??

 

[ILMICKEY]

Subbing! Love the morning "sunrise" pics. The clouds really added to it--beautiful! Can't wait to hear about your trip.

Hey, thank you! I know that sun was in there somewhere! Stay tuned, I will have more up soon.

Would you really drive this?

Oh yeah?? how 'bout this one??

THIS is cute! But only because of the graphics. Is it just for show or does someone actually drive it around?

 

[Montana Disney Fan]

Would you really drive this?

If it went from 0-60 in around 5 seconds I would.

 

[Simba22]

THIS is cute! But only because of the graphics. Is it just for show or does someone actually drive it around?

Not sure - it belongs to somone in Japan. Go to google.com and click on images, then search for "pimp van." You'd be amazed at some of the things people do to their mini-vans!

 

[DISNEY4XMAS]

Finally I made it over to your Trip Report!!!!! I wil be happily reading my way through out the week, TiLL I leave FOR WDW there is NO excitement there! is there?

 

[blue_river]

I was a little bummed because it was pretty apparent I wasn't going to get my sunrise. It was still beautiful though. The waves were still pretty big and the birds were everywhere.

Very pretty

A little sunshine and warm weather would be wonderful right now
*sigh*

I really enjoyed all the muscle pics

 

[Montana Disney Fan]

Very pretty

Blue digs Ocean.

 

[ILMICKEY]

Finally I made it over to your Trip Report!!!!! I wil be happily reading my way through out the week, TiLL I leave FOR WDW there is NO excitement there! is there?

Hey, take your time! It's only 5 pages. Wow, 3 days. I'm so excited for you. The crowds, not so much. You will have a wonderful time though.

Very pretty

Thanks Heidi!

A little sunshine and warm weather would be wonderful right now
*sigh*

It sure would. I think it's shining right now, but I seem to be stuck in this dungeon for 8 hours. I'll get to break out in about 20 minutes. We got hammered with snow this weekend. It was great, kept Jay out until 5:30 plowing!! I went 4 wheel driving in my Jeep. I never get to do that.

I really enjoyed all the muscle pics

I LOVE muscles. Glad you enjoyed them!

Blue digs Ocean.

So does Nikki!

 

[blue_river]

We got hammered with snow this weekend. It was great, kept Jay out until 5:30 plowing!! I went 4 wheel driving in my Jeep. I never get to do that.

You Americans don't know anything bout' getting hammered with snow - just sayin'

I LOVE muscles.

Me too!!!!!!!!

Oh, are we still talking about cars?

Blue digs Ocean.

Blue digs all waterways