We're Going to Disney! - Saturday, August 16, 2008

Today we had plans to drive down to Lady Lake, Florida, to take the Marine's mom out to dinner. She was down here from Ohio for a week of golfing with friends. So... since we were going to be heading down to the Orlando area (come on, Orlando is only about an hour and a half away from Lady Lake), we decided to go to Disney's Epcot first. The Marine had never been there and always wanted to go. The Biologist had been there once several years ago and was not overly impressed, BUT there was an unclaimed Walt Disney World Benchmark in the park calling (okay screaming) out to her. We got up at 5:00am so we could get down there when the park opened. We wandered all over the park, found a couple of virtual caches while we were there, and visited a Geodesic Dome (Spaceship Earth), Thatch Cottage, and a few other waymarks. The Biologist's eyes really lit up when she spotted another Geodesic Dome in the park (the old Wonders of Life building). The Biologist enjoyed Epcot much better this time!

By 4:00pm, we'd had enough of Epcot and off we went to Lady Lake to meet up with the Marine's mom. Wasn't it lucky that there's an ALDI Market under construction in Lady Lake! It was close to being completed and will be opening in October. A few photos and a set of coords later, we made it to our destination and had a very nice dinner at the local Bonefish Grill with the Marine's mom before heading home to Jacksonville. Whew! That sure was a long day.