Those scoring alone at home are well aware of our vacation luck:
• 2004: Hurricane Charley. Fled from Kissimmee to hide out at the parents' Ormond Beach house where we stowed the rental car in their garage. After more than 24 hours without electricity, we fled to the condo which had air conditioning, but no phones or cable.
• 2005: Hurricane Katrina. Fled Fort Lauderdale when Katrina went across the southern tip of the state. Switched our departure flight to Orlando, which gave us a bonus night of fun at Old Town in Kissimmee.
• 2006: Lived in Florida. No hurricane.
• 2007: Lived in Florida. No hurricane.
• 2008: Hurricane Fay is threatening our vacation and we may drive over to Ormond Beach to stow the rental car in the parents' garage.
I'm sensing a pattern...
But we are having a good time nonetheless and here are some of our vacation photos to prove it...
IN OLD TOWN, I CONTINUE TO RULE THE GAMES. HERE, MARY IS CASHING IN A FEW OF MY WINNING TICKETS. WE WON A SONY IPOD SPEAKER SYSTEM/CLOCK RADIO.
SATURDAY NIGHT, WE RECREATED THAT FATEFUL DAY 11 YEARS AGAO WHEN MARY SHOVED SOME CAKE INTO MY MOUTH.
JOINING US FOR THE ANNIVERSARY DINNER WERE MY DAD AND MOM AND OUR FRIENDS, LISA AND CLINT KICINSKI.
ON SUNDAY, A FEW FOLKS FROM THE OLD HOMETOWN NEWS TEAM JOINED US AT THE MAIN STREET PIER FOR DRINKS AND FUN. JOINING MARY, ME, CLINT AND LISA WERE GRETCHEN SAUERMAN AND ROB SHELBURNE.
ROB WON THE FIRST SWEETWOOD SKEEBALL CUP INVITATIONAL. ROB IS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST PEOPLE I'VE EVER MET AND MARY AND I WERE STILL SINGING HIS VICTORY SONG ON MONDAY: "THAT DRUNK EX-SPORTS GUY SURE PLAYS A MEAN SKEEBALL."
MAYBE THIS IS THE "BEFORE" SHOT: MONDAY WAS A GLORIOUS DAY AT THE BEACH, WITH NO SIGN OF FAY OR ANYTHING ELSE OMINOUS. THIS IS THE AMERICANO BEACH RESORT AS SEEN FROM THE OCEAN.
THE WATER WAS COOL AND INVITING! WE WALKED ABOUT THREE MILES UP AND DOWN THE COAST.
FROM THE MAIN STREET PIER: THE AMERICANO IS A MILE-AND-A-HALF DOWN ON THE LEFT.
THE MAIN STREET PIER SKY RIDE, HOWEVER, WAS CLOSED DOWN IN ANTICIPATION OF THE STORM.
We're having a grand time, so far. We'll keep you posted as things deteriorate, probably with more photos and video, if need be (I want to pull a Jim Cantori and get video'd in the driving rain). The Americano bar has a wireless connection so we may have to hang out at the bar to keep updating the Web site. The sacrifices we're willing to make on our vacation...
More later,
Mark
2 comments:
This brings back memories. I should have figured you were in Florida with the weather turning bad. I have fond memories of Old Towne. My winnings are on display in my classroom if I remember correctly. Do you still rule the water/balloon game? ;-)
We were just talking about you guys and the fun we had! If you recall, I sucked at the water/balloon game! Oh, I see, you were cleverly attacking me! :) But, I continued to rule the spinning quarter game, much to the amazement of young and old alike. This storm truly sucks ... and it is sucking the life out of our vacation. The latest forecasts are not good for the next five days...
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