The day started early as usual due to confused body clocks, although not as early as 3.30am which is our record so far. This year it was 5.30, dressed and ready to eat breakfast at 6.30.
The plan for the day was to drive to a skateboard shop in Orlando to buy the boys their treat, a new skateboard, followed by a couple of hours at the Vans skatepark while we looked around the shops and then a couple of hours at the Cricketers Arms watching the Newcastle v Man Utd match. Back to the room to freshen up before a meal in the Disney Yacht Club.
All went to plan, give or take a hundred dollars!!! Except for the weather. It was like being in a spa sauna and steam room.
Overcast - the sauna, hot and balmy
Sunny - the sauna with a bucket of water on the coals
Rain - warm shower, nice and refreshing (and torrential)
After the storm - the steam room.
We knew the weather was a little unsettled at the moment but the extremes were impressive. Unlike the UK there was never a requirement for a coat, but it changed every few minutes, hot, wet, steamy, wet, steamy, hot. That was just at the shopping outlet!
The boys had a blast at the skatepark. It is a Vans park and is huge by our standards. Alexander had the time of his life, Jordan less so as he wasn't too impressed that a six year old American kid could do tricks better than him. FOUR hours after being signed in we picked them up, as hot and sweaty as we were!
Enjoyed a lovely meal of steak and a caramel vanilla dessert before heading back to the hotel room where we all crashed out exhausted. Here are some pics of the hotel lobby area (Old Key West Resort)
This is our tiny verandah. Not much of a view but somewhere nice and quiet to sit and have coffee.
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