Universal Studio - Orlando

Once we arrived in Orlando, the first week of December, we found the Thousand Trails campground, we got the motor home all set up and hooked up, and within 20 minutes the rain started. It rained and rained. We stayed inside the coach for 3 days waiting for the rain to stop and the Florida sun to come out.



We decided to go to Universal Studios first. We had a good time there, we went on some of the rides and checked out some shows and took lots of pictures. The free tickets for the Military Active and Retired were for 6 days, we will only use 2 days, because we also have the Disney World passes that expire on the 23rd of December.



There are lots of things to do at Universal Studios. Universal has two parks, one is for the movies and Universal Studio exhibits. The other park is an amusement park with lots of rides. We spent one day at each of the two parks.

We loved the Blues Brothers performance, it was lots of fun.

Check out these rides, they looked like lots of fun, but they looked wet too, so we took pictures and laughed at the other people who were very wet.

We went to a few shows and had a great time. We watched the Macy's parade, it was lots of fun. Joe was even asked if he would like to be in the parade, but he said no thanks.

We had a lot of fun at Universal and we are very thankful to them for this offer to the Military.

The cows of North Florida

When we left our friends in Maggie Valley, we were on our way to Florida, Sunny Warm Florida !!! We have our tickets for Disney World and Universal Studios and warm weather.

We are stopping just one exit over the Florida line to see our friends Connie and Terry. We had met them at "Camp Mandalay" (the factory service department) in Elkhart Indiana about the first of October. We hit it off with this couple when we first met and hated to see them leave, so we are very excited to see them again. Terry drove up to the Flying J to lead us into the property, they have a lot of land and we would never have found it alone.

Wow, they are way out, off the beaten path, and what a beautiful place they have. Many big old trees with moss hanging from the branches. We parked right out in their back yard near a pond.

We had such a good time with Connie and Terry, They have a great home and we met Connie's Mom and their son Samuel. Joe and Terry fed cows and ran around all day, visiting with the neighbors and taking care of the chores. I spent the day with Connie, and had a great time. Connie shared some of her recipes with me, and she's a great cook. Connie and I took the golf cart out and went to the garden to cut some cabbage for dinner. We picked some grape tomatoes for me to take with us, and boy are they good. I froze several bags to use for sauce and in recipes.

Our last day there, Joe and I went out with Terry to feed the cows and I took these great pictures of them. The cows were so funny, they heard us coming and met us at the gate, then followed us mooing all of the way. They are so cute (for cows that is).

We said our farewells to our friends, and now we are on our way to the Thousand Trails of Orlando and hopefully warmer weather.