Wednesday finds us in Orlando standing in lines. Standing in line to get on the parking lot train, standing in line to get in the ferry boat or monorail to get to the Magic Kingdom, standing in line to get $300 worth of tickets, standing in line for 105 minutes for a 2 minute ride in 94 degree heat. It was two minutes because I timed it. I probably should have paid more attention to the ride during that two minutes, but at that point it was already a bad experience. We then started using the Fast Passes, and that helped along with seeing a few less popular attractions. Back to the hotel at midnight.



Thursday we decided that was enough of Orlando for this decade. So we headed to Sarasota, but stopped in at Tampa first to see a cousin and his 1880 3 story house. From the widow's peak on top the house we could see Tampa Bay. It was pretty cool. We then took the Sunshine Skyway bridge to Sarasota. As we came up to the Skyway there was a toll booth. I told Andi "$22". She says "Really?" then starts scrambling for money to get it in time, which was quite funny as I had the dollar we actually needed in my hand ready to go.

Friday we went to the beaches, then to my uncles house for dinner. The beaches are awesome and the kids had a blast. One of them found a sharks tooth. I was out about a 100 yards from shore at Siesta and still able to touch bottom. Such a nice gradual slope, and the sand is white and powder fine. A second beach we hit, Turtle, was more shells than sand.



Today we are going to an Amish restaurant for breakfast to eat mush, then dinner this evening for who knows what. I remember my mom making mush as a young Amish boy growing up, plowing fields with my team of horses. Didn't like farming, so I decided to work at an Amish TV Station. Wait, I wasn't Amish...