CKCK

I think that's it in a nutshell!
Funny thing is that the one stalker type, aside from getting a sound and well-deserved tongue-lashing from Pam, amounted to oh..... nuthin. A brief ripple in the cosmos, long forgotten and ultimately no harm done.
On the flip side, the result of the 30-something Fiend signs up at the Fort that Halloween, and the F-R-I-E-N-D-L-Y greetings that anyone who asked about them got was... a BUNCH of new Fiends! :banana:
We don't discriminate or delineate...
part of the big flush
flushed since the big flush
found us on purpose
found us by accident
...a Fiend is a Fiend is a Fiend as far as I'm concerned!
:purpleflam:
Ok, well... except for Lou.
:lmao1:

It all depends on how well I know the Fiend.
If it's Bob, I'm knocking if the GC and truck are there. He can tell me to go away if it's not a good time.
If it's someone I don't know, I'll stop if I see them outside.
If no one is outside and I'm delivering a spike, I'll knock before leaving it and a card.

You're making me blush.
The thing is, I had two secret weapons. If my TR started heading south all I had to do was flash a quick pic of one of the red heads and I was back on my game.
You're rocking out a fantastic TR (finally...) with no secret weapons.
Score for you.
Woo hoo!

Don't get me started on signs in Spanish. That really burns me.
And for the one or two of you that think I'm being rather harsh, I am an immigrant, and I don't want to see signs in my native language either.
SPEAK ENGLISH!!!

Sorry for the delay. Yesterday was our actual 10 year anniversary, so I was a little busy!
With what?
1. Teaching a trumpet lesson
2. Mowing the yard
3. Getting surprise reservations at 5 & 10, Hugh Acheson’s restaurant in Athens.
Bam.
If you have ever watched Top Chef you might know Hugh. He competed on Top Chef Masters and was a judge on the most recent season of Top Chef.
He has a unibrow.
Oh, now you know who I’m talking about.
So, I would like to highjack my TR (I can do that…it’s mine) with a few quick pictures from last night’s dinner. The lighting was really low so my pictures aren’t great, but the food was!
Corn Soup with Lobster

Medjool dates with celery and parmesan

The dates were really good, though when I put them in my mouth my immediate reaction was NO NO NO, SPIT OUT NOW. But once my mind told my mouth to stop being stupid, they were really good.
Pasta ribbons with slow roasted tomatoes, red onions, jalapenos, mozzarella

Fried chicken confit with squash casserole, rattlesnake beans, and pickled green tomatoes with hot pepper vinaigrette

Challerhocker, Switzerland-Cheese with seasonal local fruit, raspberry & peach jam, toasted pecans, and house-made baguette

So there you go. We will definitely go back some time. Great place. Not snooty or pretentious, just good food and good service.
Now back to your regularly scheduled TR…

Ok, time for a quick hoity toity tea update before I need to be productive today (even band directors have to work in the summer).
You may think that updating a TR is productive.
I agree, but it doesn’t pay the bills.
Some of you may remember the debate that was sparked by my last TR in February regarding hoity toity tea (HTT) and GAG/beer. My wife and her friend (Fransesca) went to the GF for HTT, while my friend (Hector) and I stayed with all the little ones and ate cold GAG and beer.
My wife loved the HTT…I loved the GAG and beer.
Since this trip was in celebration of our 10th anniversary, I succumbed and agreed to go to HTT with her.
I did not relinquish my FF card or my man card. I held onto them very tightly the entire time.
However, after experiencing it myself I now can report on it first hand, and then I will make my final decision on this controversy.
And since this is my TR, I have the final say. There will be no debates on the matter after this.
HTT is in the Garden View Tea Room at the GF. It’s right below the jazz combo that plays in the lobby.

I dig the jazz combo. They actually played while we were at the HTT, so that made it a little more tolerable.
For those of you who don’t know, HTT is like a traditional English Tea. What is that you ask?
No idea.
But you get tea, baby sandwiches, scones, and dessert.
Sounds like a meal to me, but a weird meal. And apparently English people do this quite often.
How are they not huge?
Regardless, the vibe of this room is such that I was afraid to mess up.
Mess what up? Anything. I was convinced that I was going to do something stupid and get in trouble by either my wife or the HTT police.
I’m not sure which would be worse.
This was our table:

Not very man sized. And what’s with the colanders on the cups?


Any guesses as to what those sticks wrapped in ribbon are?
Push sweepers. Even they are hoity toity.

That’s my happy HTT face.

This was mirror painting behind us. Can you guess what it was called?

Oil on mirror.
Duh.

I was not aware there would be nudity.
These were the people that were next to us:

Did you see what the one lady was drinking?
Chocolate milk.
Who goes to HTT and gets chocolate milk?
Talk about a faux pas.
I'm surprised the HTT police didn't come in right then and there and haul her off.
So it was time to order.
I have never been in a restaurant where I had such I difficult time ordering.
It wasn’t that I couldn’t decide, it was that I literally didn’t understand what it was that I was supposed to do. Luckily my wife did, so she held my hand through the process.
I had to choose my tea. I got some tea with pomegranate and other “essential oils.”
What the Fort?
Essential oils? Really? I don’t even know what that means. The main reason I chose it was because it was caffeinated and didn’t look too bad.
When the tea came the server poured it through the strainer thing. I’m not sure why, because there was nothing to strain, but whatever.

Then we got baby sandwiches. I do have to admit, they weren't bad. Different weirdo things on different kinds of bread with the crust cut off. I’m a big boy and can handle crust, but whatever. I don’t remember what was all on them, but things like cucumber, gorgonzola, curried chicken, pear, other weirdo things.
It’s nothing I would order on my own, but they weren’t bad.
The tea was pretty good as far as tea goes, but just not my bag.

Apparently that’s how you’re supposed to drink tea. Funny though, I didn’t see anyone else doing that.
Then we got scones and other things:

Basically it’s a biscuit.
Then you put stuff on it. Devonshire cream (aka creamy butter) and strawberry jam.
Did you notice the strawberry jam?

I would have expected some fancier jam at HTT.
Then we chose our desserts:

Yes, that is a swan.
I ate a swan dessert thing. I paid for the freakin thing so I was going to eat it all.
Luckily there was no one in the HTT that recognized me.
And that was HTT.
Am I glad I went?
Yes, because it made my wife happy.
And a happy wife makes for a happy husband. So I took one for the team and went to HTT.
Would I go back?
Definitely not. We paid over $50 for the two of us…for HTT.
Think of the GAG and beer I could have had for that amount.
So, final ruling:
GAG/Beer beats HTT any day hands down.
However:
HTT: over $50
Wife happy on 10th anniversary trip: priceless

From here we were heading to the MK to explore some things and take some pictures that normally we wouldn’t take the time for with the girls with us.
On our way out of the GF we passed this:

Anyone know what it is? We’ll find out on the next update as well as see lots of pics from the MK!

Not just my standard, I was simply agreeing with a previous poster.
Ok, let me say that I don't think Hilda's site organizational style is what it should be. How's that?
What do I have to say to make it worth more?
Well at least I might get some down arrows from Bob, I really need some.
And it was Starbuc that called Hilda's stuff junk first, so he should get one too, neener, neener, neener.
I think most people that see that site think it's a little much.
I've talked to Hilda several times and shes always been very nice to me, but as I haven't talked to her lately, I didn't know that she was no longer a CM. Correction noted.
I guess Bob34787 and I will have to agree to disagree about Hilda's site.

Hmmmm, Lou did say IF. I saw the junk my last 3 times I visited the Fort. I'm not talking about the decorations but the boxes piled along side her RV. Total eyesore. Are you sure you're a Fiend, you don't seem to understand SNARKY!!!

All Mainstreet

yes, please let us know how your customers liked your rentals, or better yet....you can always pay for advertising....Ip addresses are wonderful things, arent they?

DO NOT RENT A GOLF CART
For that matter, never rent a camper either.
Last December we rented a camper to go to the Fort.
Now we own one.
In October we rented a golf cart from Kenny.
Now we own one.
It's a curse.
But a great curse!!!

DO NOT RENT A GOLF CART
For that matter, never rent a camper either.
Last December we rented a camper to go to the Fort.
Now we own one.
In October we rented a golf cart from Kenny.
Now we own one.
It's a curse.
But a great curse!!!

DO NOT RENT A GOLF CART
For that matter, never rent a camper either.
Last December we rented a camper to go to the Fort.
Now we own one.
In October we rented a golf cart from Kenny.
Now we own one.
It's a curse.
But a great curse!!!

DO NOT RENT A GOLF CART
For that matter, never rent a camper either.
Last December we rented a camper to go to the Fort.
Now we own one.
In October we rented a golf cart from Kenny.
Now we own one.
It's a curse.
But a great curse!!!

DO NOT RENT A GOLF CART
For that matter, never rent a camper either.
Last December we rented a camper to go to the Fort.
Now we own one.
In October we rented a golf cart from Kenny.
Now we own one.
It's a curse.
But a great curse!!!

No.
We try to use Disney rewards points from our visa for in park dining and drinks. We use our visa for nearly everything now a days, so we earn a good amount of points.
When we do get a meal in the park we usually split one anyway to save money, then eat more back at the campsite if we're still hungry.
Plus, my wife is a great cook at the campsite!

Ok, I figured I'd better get some more put on here before the week starts. This will be a pretty busy week and it may be a couple of days before I can get any more put up.
We were fortunate enough to have some travel company contacts that offered to help us out on park tickets, so Monday morning we got up early to meet them at Epcot to get our tickets for the day.
We decided to take the monorail over instead of the bus, since we figured we would end up at the MK before the day was over.
Here we are on the boat leaving the marina.

Shoe tree. More on that later...


River Country. More on that later too.

MK as we exited the boat on our way to the Epcot monorail...

What? You say that the MK doesn't have a direct monorail to Epcot?
Doh.
Lesson Learned: Don't be stupid...learn the monorail routes.
I don't know why, but we both assumed that we could take the monorail from the MK directly to Epcot that morning. I guess this is where our Disney inexperience shows. We know better now.
Yes Lou, I am a teacher. However, I don't teach monorail.

So we get to Epcot and get our tickets. Turns out they were not park hoppers, so now we were stuck at Epcot all day. Wasn't our initial plan, but we made it work.

The first thing we did was pick up our Disney Rewards Redemption card. If you go to Disney a lot and don't have a Disney Rewards Visa, I suggest it. We had earned $125 off of our visa to spend as we wished! SWEET! And it was F&W. Even better.
Lesson Learned: Use the Disney Visa for everything to earn more rewards points!
I don't like posting pics of my family on the internet, but I couldn't resist this one:

Lesson Learned: my kids are super cute.
We hit the "kid" rides in Epcot pretty quickly. We had never been on the Seas or Turtle Talk, so we did both of those. DD3 pretty much liked everything, but as expected, DD19mos had a hard time sitting through a lot of the show type attractions.
The aquarium was pretty cool, and we got there just in time to see the end of a dolphin demonstration. I think they are smarter than a lot of kids (not mine, of course).
Not really a hidden mickey, but I had to take a pic anyway.

After riding several rides, it was about 11:00 and time to hit the world showcase. Woo hoo! F&W here we come.

DW had been wanting to see some of the lesser traveled places in Epcot, so we hit the gardens and hedge maze in the UK. DD3 had a fun time with that, and it was nice and quiet back there with almost no other people.

I don't know what this is supposed to be on the hill crossing over into France, but it was cool.

DD3 got to meet Belle here (in her commoner clothes), and DD19mos decided that she hates people. At least meeting people. She decided at this point to either sleep through or throw a fit during ever subsequent character meeting for the rest of the trip. Awesome.
Lesson Learned: as if we didn't already know, our youngest is nothing like our oldest!
We had read a lot of reports about the slushies in France.
We couldn't wait to try them.
The F&W kiosk had a cosmo slushie.
BOOOOO. Who the heck wants a cosmo slushie? Where was the freaking Grand Marnier slushie?
It wasn't open yet.
So we waited.
It was well worth the wait. It was already half gone before I remembered to take a pic.

Lesson Learned: don't share the slushie with the wife.
I learned, because later in the day we went back to get another, and I opted for the Grey Goose Citron slushie and it was really good too.
Lesson Learned: Slushies with liqueurs are way more fun than regular slushies.
We were so excited about our slushie that I totally forgot to take pics of the food we tried. Nothing blew us away, but it was fun to try different things...especially since we were using our reward points!
After hitting a few countries it was clear it was nap time for the girls.
So we started our long journey back to the Fort.
Monorail.
Change monorails.
Boat.
Golf Cart.
Finally made it to 1802.
I guess we could have just taken the bus back to the Fort, then taken the bus back up to the marina to get our golf cart, but that didn't occur to us.
Lesson Learned: take the bus to Epcot.
After lunch and resting at the TT, we headed back over to Epcot mid afternoon (on the bus this time).
I honestly don't remember everything we did now, but I do remember we ate more food and had more slushies.
Maybe that's why I don't remember.
We went to the coke place and tried all the different drinks.
DD3 tried Beverly.
I should have gotten a picture of it.
If you've never tried it, you should. It's great...
Since we have the Disney Visa we got to go to the special character greet in Innoventions West.
Short line and a private pic with Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy. Plus we got a free 5x7 of it. Not a bad deal, and DD3 loved meeting the characters. As expected, DD19mos wanted nothing to do with any of them.
Lesson Learned: I like getting perks!
Then it was time for my favorite ride at Epcot.
Soarin'?
Mission: Space?
Test Track?
Nope.
Living with the Land!
Yes!
I don't really care about the first half of it, except that you get to sit down for awhile inside.
But the greenhouse is where the excitement pics up!
I don't know why, but I really dig seeing all of the plants growing in unusual ways. Plus, it just makes me feel healthy being around all the vegetation!
Lesson Learned: I'm a dork.
Here are the pics:


I don't really care for all the fish they have in there, but whatever.




Another non-hidden Mickey.

They even grow scarecrows and dried corn stalks in here!

Okay, so I probably just lost half of you after all the pics of plants, but I think they're cool.
For those of you still awake, we press on.
After meeting Sleeping Beauty and Snow White, it was time for dinner. We needed a place to sit and relax...and get the girls out of the strollers.
We ended up at La Cantina.
$50 for nachos, tacos, two kids meals, a lemonade, and a margarita.
Ouch. Our rewards card was getting kind of low.
We had an awful time trying to get a table in there. DW was on one side, and I was on the other. Somehow every other person in there was able to beat us to a table. Even the old lady who beat me. How I let that happen I don't know. It almost ruined my night.
We finally got a table. Paid $50. Ate some okay food.
yay.
Lesson Learned: Make dinner out of the F&W kiosks in the showcase. Duh.
We were going to try to stay for IllumiNations, but decided it was best if we headed back to the Fort.
First I tried some pics using some different settings and putting my camera on a railing. This was the best one:

After some late looping and taking in the fireworks from MNSSHP, it was time to call it a night.
Coming up: rope drop at the MK (kind of), not many pictures in the MK, and finding the missing tetherball!

Thanks! Make sure you take lots of the EWP for Lou!

Sorry it's blurry, Lou. Next time I'll be sure to take LOTS of pictures of it just for you. :jumpforjoy

Ok, I forgot a few things about our first night.
First of all, you can't roast marshmallows over charcoal...very well. We thought we would avoid the crowds and just do it at our site after we grilled the steaks.
Booo. They don't produce enough flame. Needed wood. Luckily, we were at the fort and there is wood everywhere.
It was all wet. So, we had warm marshmallows instead.
Lesson Learned: join the crowd and just do it at the campfire!
That sounded wrong. I meant roast marshmallows at the campfire. Let's keep it G rated here.
...
After the sing-a-long we headed to the beach to watch the MK Wishes fireworks. We had never seen them from the Fort so didn't really know what to expect. We actually enjoyed them, and the girls really enjoyed them.
I took my camera in hopes of getting some good pics.
I tried to get the boat in this pic, but the fireworks weren't bright enough. Would have been a good pic if the fireworks had been brighter.



Lesson Learned: Take a tripod to get good pics of fireworks.
Other Lesson Learned: Take a real photographer with you to get really good pics of fireworks.
While sitting on our lounges a family came up with a young boy to sit next to us. As I was fooling with different camera settings trying to get the best pics I could, he asked his mom, "Mommy, why do people take pictures of fireworks?"
There were so many things that came into my head at that point.
To remember them.
To show family.
To try to get a great shot to put in my TR.
Shut it, kid.
I chose to not say anything at all.
Lesson Learned: don't take pictures of fireworks unless I know what I'm doing and there aren't kids around!

Ok, I forgot a few things about our first night.
First of all, you can't roast marshmallows over charcoal...very well. We thought we would avoid the crowds and just do it at our site after we grilled the steaks.
Booo. They don't produce enough flame. Needed wood. Luckily, we were at the fort and there is wood everywhere.
It was all wet. So, we had warm marshmallows instead.
Lesson Learned: join the crowd and just do it at the campfire!
That sounded wrong. I meant roast marshmallows at the campfire. Let's keep it G rated here.
...
After the sing-a-long we headed to the beach to watch the MK Wishes fireworks. We had never seen them from the Fort so didn't really know what to expect. We actually enjoyed them, and the girls really enjoyed them.
I took my camera in hopes of getting some good pics.
I tried to get the boat in this pic, but the fireworks weren't bright enough. Would have been a good pic if the fireworks had been brighter.



Lesson Learned: Take a tripod to get good pics of fireworks.
Other Lesson Learned: Take a real photographer with you to get really good pics of fireworks.
While sitting on our lounges a family came up with a young boy to sit next to us. As I was fooling with different camera settings trying to get the best pics I could, he asked his mom, "Mommy, why do people take pictures of fireworks?"
There were so many things that came into my head at that point.
To remember them.
To show family.
To try to get a great shot to put in my TR.
Shut it, kid.
I chose to not say anything at all.
Lesson Learned: don't take pictures of fireworks unless I know what I'm doing and there aren't kids around!

Moving on...
Here are a few more pics from our first Settlement expedition:

If I could sleep on one foot with my head turned around backwards, would I? No. This duck thinks it's a good idea, though.


My girls loved this playground. Ok, they love any playground. But this one has a really steep slide on the far side that even I was tempted to try.
I didn't.

See the horse coming? Someone's riding it.




Ok, let's discuss the last three pics. $1000 for info regarding the death of Jim Allen, $1000 for the guy who held up the stagecoach, and only $300 for Curly, who robbed another stagecoach? That means that you can kill a guy or rob a stagecoach, and it's basically worth the same amount. But if your name is Curly, then you don't rate very high.
Lesson Learned: As usual, the Fort management is inconsistent!!!
I didn't notice the lights when I was there, but did once I looked at the pic. See how they are scalloped around the edges? Kind of cool.

Here comes our horse again. Guess she got tired of riding. She said it was a draft horse so you didn't ride it...then why was she on it before?
I also started thinking about horses. They are strong. Especially this one. It was huge. Two people (women or not) could not possibly hold on to it if it decided to run after a squirrel or cat or something. Luckily horses don't chase squirrels or cats, but think about if they did!

I remember a pic like this causing a bit of controversy back on voldemort, so I thought I needed to include this one:

I have never seen a guy this excited about a horse. He told the women that it was the most beautiful horse he had ever seen so he literally ran over to take a picture. I don't like its tail, but I'm sure its cut short for a reason...and I can probably guess the reason...

Lesson Learned: The Fort is the home of the most beautiful horse in the world...according to that guy.
After we made our rounds, we headed back to site 1802 for dinner. I don't know what it is about the Fort, but all meals seem to taste better there. We grilled some steaks...UNDER AN UMBRELLA...and they were great. Maybe the rainwater seasoned them.
Luckily the rain passed and we were good to go for the campfire sing-a-long! Woo hoo!
Ok, I wasn't really saying woo hoo at the time. I thought it would be cheesy.
It was.
And we loved it!
Lesson Learned: We love cheese. And sing-a-longs.


It was packed.

I must say that both my wife and I are music teachers (elementary and HS band), so we are partial to music. I'm not much for kid songs, but we had a good time, and both daughters loved it. DD 3 sang and danced, loved meeting Chip, and didn't want to leave. She even made me go up to the front and dance with her. It was fun.
Speaking of Chip, I like him much better than Dale, so I'm glad that he came to our side. No offense to Dale, but I think Rudolph should be the only animal with a red nose.
The singer guy (cowboy somebody...don't remember his name) kept talking about Chip and Dale's big butts.
?
While I agree (though I try to avoid checking out chipmunks butts), did we really need to say this about 5 times with my DD 3 around? Whatever, we're on vacation. Thanks buddy, because she talked about that the rest of the trip.
Lesson Learned: Not only did Chip and Dale have big butts, but the cowboy seemed to have a thing for them too!
We also went to the sing-a-long on our last night. Different cowboy. Different songs. I liked all of them.
Until he played rocky top.
?
Really?
I looked at it as a teachable moment for my daughters.
So we stopped clapping and yelled "Go Dawgs" after the TN fans yelled their "woo" in the song. I hate that "woo."
Go Dawgs.
Lesson Learned: even at the Fort, I still can't stand that song.
The problem is that it's really a good song. I hate it for that reason. It gets stuck in your head and you can't get it out. In fact, I just got it stuck in my head right now.
Awesome.
Lesson Learned: don't talk about rocky top unless I want to be singing it all day, which I don't.
That ends day 1 at the Fort. It was actually a half day. The next installment will include a day at Epcot, some F&W, how not to use the monorail, my favorite ride at Epcot, and slushies!!!

We just returned from our inaugural camping trip in our new TT to the Fort.
We have been to Disney World before. We have camped before (once). This was our second camping trip to the Fort (or EVER for that matter).
Lesson Learned: we still have a lot to learn.
In this TR we'll cover all of the lessons learned. Some of the lessons will be how to not use the monorail, what different alarms in the TT mean, how to identify floating objects in the pool, and the what happens to tetherballs when they go missing.
We spent all of Saturday packing the trailer, figuring out what we needed or didn't need, finishing up some last minute details like hanging a curtain to close off the bunks and installing a bed rail on the top bunk.
Lesson Learned: start packing earlier!
Well, we basically started with nothing in the TT, so I'm sure it will get easier the more we do it. Many of the things I did to get ready to leave won't need to be done next time.
We pulled out at 5:30 Sunday morning. 30 minutes late. Yes, we like to leave early. With two young daughters (3 and 1), it works out better that way. Plus, why do I want to spend all day driving when I could be hanging out at the Fort?!?
After an 8 1/2 hour rain-filled trip (with a 30 minute 5 mph crawl just before the Turnpike because of a flipped car), we finally arrived at DW and FW.
Does this view ever get old?

As reported by others, it was wet. Really wet. Water everywhere. Even in the TT. We found out that the slide let water in underneath during travel and a window needs some silicone...probably because of all the spray on the road coming up from the bottom rather than the top. Awesome. Luckily it was minimal and didn't cause any real problems. Not sure how to fix the slide leak other than not driving in the rain, but I'll figure that out later.
Not real crowded today...probably because there was water everywhere!


We pulled into the Fort right behind two really nice, nearly matching Allegros...both pulling jeeps. Guess they are brothers or something.
We got lucky that it wasn't too busy, and just as we pulled up someone was pulling out in the second lane from the right. Yahoo for us!

As we were waiting on our CM to get our packet (online check in is great) I noticed this in the Reception Outpost.

Really? They used painter's tape to attempt to hold up the vent?
Lesson Learned: They should have at least used duct tape. Duh.
Notice the water across the sidewalk.



Welcome to site 1802 with a lake view. It wasn't too bad. There was water on either side of us, but the water on our "porch" side dried up the next day so it worked out. I liked our site...lots of room around on every side of us. I also like being in the back away from everything.

After fighting with on and off rain, I finally got everything set up and had our cart delivery from Kenny. As expected, Kenny was awesome. Delivered our cart right to our site and it was great. We hope to purchase our own soon, but until then will continue to rent from Kenny!
Lesson Learned: Kenny rocks!
Plus, our cart was faster than all the FW carts...I was constantly having to slow down whenever we got behind one of them. My DD3 actually started pointing that out every time we got behind another cart. She also (with the help of DD 19mos) felt the need to point out every stop sign, and yell at me if I did not come to a complete stop! Can't wait to teach them to drive!

After getting settled in, it was time for some looping! My DD 3 loves looping. She said she wanted to loop all day. She changed her mind after fighting with her sister (19 mos) on where they would sit! We did find out that some late night looping put them both to sleep after about 5 minutes!
Lesson Learned: Buy a golf cart and start looping the neighborhood every night to get them to sleep!
As we were going through the 1600s I noticed this couple unloading something from their small SUV.

?
It was a miniature golf cart. pbbt. Small enough to fit in their little SUV. I thought that was genius...until I saw it out and fully put together.

I'm happy for them that they have something they can take with them, and I'm sure it's very useful and they love it. But I'm afraid that I would have to turn in my man card if I drove around the Fort in that.
Compare that to some of the other "carts" we saw while at the Fort.


Really, when is the line drawn? "Golf cart type vehicle." pbbt. Some of those could nearly pull my TT.
Lesson Learned: FW management doesn't enforce rules.
I saw a cart without lights, 6 adults in a 4 seater, vehicles parked all over the place (as in not on pavement), and Florida fans. Okay, maybe they aren't against the rules, but they should be. Unless UGA beats them this year (yeah right). If that happens, I'll give the fans a break for a year.
We made our way around the Fort, taking in the sights and regaining our bearings of where we were. It was wet everywhere, and nearly every playground or tetherball area was under water.


My first thought was if Rocky was here, he would be upset...or wet. Then I thought to myself, "self, you relate way too many things in life to a TCD trip report."
But wait, where was the actual Tetherball in this last picture? Squirrels? Storm? An out of control tetherball match? I found it later...in a place that I never would have expected.
That's all for now. Later we'll see more of the Settlement, see some HUGE butts (in more than one place), and attend our first campfire sing-a-long. Woo hoo!

And that's why I like Fortfiends.
Jen throws the crap down.

And that's why I like Fortfiends.
Jen throws the crap down.