Wednesday, January 28, 2009

One Week!

I have one week left to go before I'm in sunny beautiful Florida. And it couldn't come at a better time. We just got dumped with a buttload of snow. (Our first snow of winter. That took a while.)

I'm looking forward to this trip because it will involve tons of relaxation. That's what the Feb. trip always seems to be about. Relaxing a ton. We get to stay at one of the most beautiful hotels in the world for free and I get to sit in a hot tub!

The major challenge for this trip though...we have opted to drive down. 16 hours in a car...and I've never driven that long in a car before...so this should be interesting. Even more interesting, is we are attempting to do this all in one night. Leaving around 8 pm getting in around noon or 1 the next day. I can only imagine how exhausted we'll be. If all else fails, we can stop at some hotel on the way.

I bought all our provisions for the drive today though: chips, doughnuts, snack bars, cookies, and M&Ms. The only other thing I'll definitely need will be coffee...all day.

Our attemptive plan for right now is to go to the MK on Thurs and I have an ADR at Trails End at 5:40 pm. Then Fri will be DHS day, where I'll get to see the AP preview of American Idol and we have an ADR for 50s Prime Time at 5:40. Then Sat. we'll be exploring Epcot....with no ADRs, but we thought we might hit up Beaches & Cream...yum!

The thing I really hope I find though...is a place that sells strawberries down there. Last year, I had the most amazing strawberries, but got them at the Daytona flea market. We're not going to Daytona this year (that I know of) so I'm hoping I find a roadside place that sells them. I plan on buying a ton too! Those were the best things ever!!!

So, I got the maps printed, got to get navigation put on my phone, got to put lots of podcasts on my ipod (trust me...I'll need them!) and I have to have the determination to drive all that way. Wish me luck! lol!


Oh!!! One last thing...totally random note...the podcast that I co-host won an award, completely out of the blue! We won the Top 5 most popular travel podcast on podbean.com! (And, out of the top 5, I believe we place number 1!) So go us! It really is incredible that that has happened, considering the fact that we've only been around for like 8 months. We're also about to hit our 100th episode, which is pretty cool as well!

2 comments:

Samie said...

Where are you all staying Nibbs?

And if you can't find a roadside place for strawberries as random as it sounds try Publix grocery store. (There is one off 192 I believe.) When I lived in FL I used to be able to get the best strawberries there all year around.

I am so jealous you are going to WDW! =)

Unknown said...

We're staying at the Grand Cypress Hyatt. We stayed there last Feb...there's a TR somewhere around here about our stay there.

Ooh...and if I can't find any roadside places, I'll definitely stop at the Publix...or any grocery store to get some.