Orlando Vacation Day 3: More Universal Studios
The 2nd day at Universal Studios was more fun than
the first. It was a little warmer, we stayed longer, and I got to ride
some of the rides! I'm sure Anna will add to this, but She and Hannah got
to become one of the featured attractions in front of the I Love Lucy Store.
Video Link:
http://rgode.homeftp.net/videos/lucy.wmv
Orlando Vacation Day 2: Golf at Mystic Dunes
After our first trip to Universal Studios in Florida, Hannah was ready for nap time. It seems she is not too fond of Barney and
friends. Instead of taking a picture
with them she just buried her head in Anna's shoulder. She didn't
like Dora
that much either. So while Hank and Eliz went shopping, Mommy and Hannah
took their naps, Daddy went for a round of golf at the freaking timeshare resort we were staying. I had a blast, the course was in great shape, it
had a bunch of blind tee shots, sand and natural grasses were everywhere.
The trees had this moss hanging off of them that made them look ancient. I
was hitting the ball so well off tee and to the green. The only thing I
couldn't do was putt. In fact, I 5-putted a hole this is almost
unheard of, until you get a look at some of these greens. I was maybe 20
feet from the hole, with an uphill putt. The hole was above my head,
literally. I have never seen such a steep slope on any green in my
life. I hit the ball HARD, it rolled up almost to the top of the hill,
then went all the way back down 10 feet past me. Now I was 30 feet away,
and did the exact same thing. The third time I got on top of the hill,
and two putted from there. I shot an 83 and was pretty happy with
that. I birdied 18, with the ole' shadow on the ball trick. My
putt came to rest on the lip of the cup, I walked over and put my shadow on the
ball, and it actually went in. I've done it before by placing the
ball on the edge of the cup, but never "in real life." I've
attached a video
I shot on 18 demonstrating the trick. From what I've been told,
your shadow makes the grass relax and lay down allowing the ball to fall into
the hole. Bill said it was against the rules saying my shadow is an outside
agency, but what does he know.
Orlando Vacation Day 1: Arabian Nights
On our first "real" day of vacation we went to Arabian Nights. It's
a dinner show with people doing amazing tricks with horses. It was a Christmas
theme complete with snow and even Santa. They had people juggling bowling
pins on horses, and one guy even did a back flip on one. I had to mess with
a lot of manual settings on my camera before I could get any pics to come
out. The rest can be viewed on our gallery.