Year 4, Day 338, “Living the Dream”. Thursday, 4/03/2025. The Wellington – Day 2 of 11 day trip to the ABC Islands – Georgia to Florida. Last night, our phones went off about four times. We received code red alerts for bad storms. They were rolling through at the Kentucky house. Every time I got into that nice deep sleep, our phones started alerting us. They warned us of storms and flash flood alerts at home. I really need that coffee this morning.
It is still raining really hard this morning in Kentucky. We picked a good time to be away and not have to drive over that bridge into town. At the bottom of our crazy guard less hill, there is a white car. The car is in a big hole in the road to the left today. The water undermined the road. Wow, that is a lessen not to drive through standing water. – I hear the bridge is still there if you go to the right though.
The mice were very active during the night running around those traps. The storms must have scared them as well. Is it the massive rain driving them inside our house?
Well the tariffs were announced after the stock market closed yesterday and the bears are out this morning. The stock market is taking a huge hit. We left the Tifton, Georgia Hilton Garden Inn around 8am and entered Florida on Interstate 75 around 9am. There is no snow on the ground this visit. Remember our last visit 1/24/2025. What an entirely different picture that day was. https://deestimes.com/2025/02/07/living-the-dream-year-4-day-269-day-2-of-10-day-tampa-to-bahamas-trip-heading-to-tampa-for-a-cruise-drove-tifton-georgia-to-oldsmar-florida/
Tonight we are staying in Lake Buena Vista, Florida at the Hilton Garden Inn. Through the years we have spent many nights in this hotel. This is the first time we have to pay to park our car. It seems as though all hotels in the area are charging for parking now. The building and road construction in the Orlando area never stops. And the traffic is crazy.
We went to Walmart and ended up leaving with nothing. The lines were huge and the self check outs were all closed. Yup we were one of those people who left our cart and walked out. That case of water was not worth the aggravating wait. We went to the Orlando Vineland Premium Outlets and proceeded to be ripped off for two slices of pizza. It cost $11.18 for two slices of pizza from the Villa Italian Kitchen. But it was the best pizza we have had in a long time so it was worth it. As I am writing this I am dreaming of that mouth watering pizza. Oh My gosh I want another slice.
Ended the day with a long walk and cup of hot tea from Wawa.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
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