High Five Life

Day 9 & 10 – Castillo De San Marcos, Old City, Drive Home We woke up early today and ate at the continental breakfast served at the hotel.   I liked the St. Augustine Inn .   I like the location, the price, the room, staff (it is owned and run by a husband and wife team).   However, I have 2 complaints.   The shampoo and conditioner were those trial, single packs and if you asked for more you were charged for it.   Obviously that wasn’t going to be enough for 3 people.   It was cheaper to stop at the local drug store and pick up a bottle of each.   My second complaint was the breakfast.   It consisted of coffee, tea, juice, a cereal assortment, English muffins, butter and jelly.   There was not a piece of fruit or protein in sight.   Not even peanut butter.   This did not ruin our trip or anything, it was just kind of a shock after Disney. We had plans to visit the Castillo De San Marcos this morning and we were...

Day 1 and 2 – May 10 and 11, 2014 - Let them Eat Cake! The countdown was over and it was finally the day we leave for Walt Disney World!  My husband had to work on that Saturday so we decided to leave that evening and drive straight through to the Disney Art of Animation (AoA) Resort. My daughter and I slept in and then spent the day finishing with packing, running errands and making sure everything was ready at home. Hubby got home around 7:15 pm and we all sat down to a homemade dinner and discussed our car packing strategy. Since hubby had such a difficult time navigating the parks in October and we ended up renting a wheel chair most days, we decided to take our home wheel chair with us this trip.  It made packing a bigger challenge but over all made his trip more enjoyable for him and we saved money by taking our own. My unrealistic goal was to leave by 8:30 pm.  We ended up pulling out of the drive way around 10:00 pm which was still okay. We trav...