Family of Bears

Is it weird that I basically have seasonal passes so I can eat and drink my way through the flower garden and food wine festivals?

Since Dave's been gone there's been far too little talk of dirndls and monkey butts. He can start there.

I know the Food and Wine festival (and flower and garden) aren't really restaurants, but spending a day (and a couple hundred bucks) walking around epcot with a drink in hand eating delicious food on a beautiful day, totally worth it. One of my favs.

Mo, just saw this. I just wrote the exact same thing on her tr! Weird. Great minds. We have the exact same taste in food. I've noticed this before.

Had a great time last night!
I apologize for the sudden departure, baby was DONE! We had officially pushed our luck. We were all weary travelers :)
Dave, thanks for hosting. I loved my time with Anna. She's a doll. Thank you for sharing her with us :). And Bella told me how much she enjoyed Stella. All of your girls are sweet!
It was awesome seeing our old friends and meeting new ones. All the kids were great and the adults behaved for the most part!
Can't wait to see pics :)

This is so cool that after I clicked it I thought "Oh man, clicked on Dave's fake thread again!"

I am currently drafting a letter of my own:
Dear Fort Wilderness Rangers,
Due to the new "seasonal lights out policy" I would now like to enforce a rule of my own. We'll call it the "if you don't get rid of the flood lights at the comfort station that shine right into my face while I'm sleeping specifically in the site right next to the bathroom in the 2000 loop I am going to unscrew them all myself" policy.
PS: Keep up the good work :)

I am currently drafting a letter of my own:
Dear Fort Wilderness Rangers,
Due to the new "seasonal lights out policy" I would now like to enforce a rule of my own. We'll call it the "if you don't get rid of the flood lights at the comfort station that shine right into my face while I'm sleeping specifically in the site right next to the bathroom in the 2000 loop I am going to unscrew them all myself" policy.
PS: Keep up the good work :)

Hey stranger! :hug:

Good. Cause I kinda got a crush on the tumble monkeys.

My faves at food and wine for TCD and Brent, and all others who will make it there in the next couple of weeks: Italy: lasagna and the asparagus/lobster. UK: salmon biscuit (my fav) and the goats brie. Germany: bread pudding. Florida: watermelon salad and shrimp/sausage/grits. China: spring pancake. Japan: seafood over rice. Marakesh: lamb kebob. France: tarte with goat cheese.
So that's it. Enjoy :)

I ran the princess half a few years ago before my knees went out and I still say it is one of my all-time favorite memories. I don't know why, it was freezing, you wake up at 3am and stand at the start line frozen for an hour just to run for a couple hours, but to run up main street and through fantasyland and then through the castle and to finish up in Epcot with the crowds cheering you on, it really was unbelievable. I was so tired at the end in Epcot, I actually yelled out to the crowd that was watching, "am i almost done?" and some of them started going alongside me and letting me know how far I had left. It was awesome. So I totally see the draw to this stuff. If I was able, I would be in every single race. I get why some people don't like the inconvenience to others, but other than that, I think it can bring in otherwise "non-disney" people who love to run and give them the disney bug :)

Hey you, birthday boy...lets get back to business here!

I'm on it:

While you were doing all that nonsense, MD and FoB enjoyed a nice relaxing fire/beer tasting. Next year, that's what we should all do. It was relaxing, peaceful, and we all got to bond quite a bit. Bella said a few times "This is the BEST night of my life!!!" And no, she did not get any beer. I can see where that could be confusing. BTW, where is MD? I think he has a TR to begin. I know he's got great pics.

Here!

Hey! Those firefighters were there the Saturday after thanksgiving. What's the deal? Do they do this a lot? Not that I'm complaining. I might pull up a chair next time.

Amy! I just realized you are the one who left us a Thanksgiving card last week. Is that right? If so, you made our day. That was very sweet!

:doodebug:
Hi, my name is Bella, and I love Irish dancing...and Disney...

The two comments above sum up my thoughts exactly.
I believe, I don't want to know, I'm super curious, there is enough darkness in the world so why add to it, real people are way scarier.
At the end of the day, I'm up for it. After a cocktail or two.

Great TR, looking forward to the group pics we snapped on the next day.
Don't feel too bad about the insurance stuff, Rick also is in the business :)
As for drinking crown in the van...I am not ashamed. It was wicked hot, and I had just curled my hair...a girl's gotta have a way to cool down.
Keep up the good work, loved the comfort station pic with the slice logo. Good stuff.

Yay! Signed up Bella...and Rick. Rick: "But I want to do it tooooo!" Me: "Really? You don't want to just watch Bell?" Rick, with his obvious face: "No. I wanna play." We'll be there for the 245 on Saturday. Shhh, don't tell Bella :)

So what's all this talk about squirrels? Well, I've been an official fiend for about two weeks now, and I've definately noticed there is something about squirrels that gets you guys excited. So I hear my daughter say mooooooom...looooook!! And there it was...a squirrel up in a tree eating a banana. I watched him peel it like a monkey and take a bite. I then had the idea to grab my phone to snap a pic. Forgive me, the image is not great, I had a very short window to catch this shot, but here it is, a squirrel eating a banana

So now we are at the site setting up on Friday night. We had been staying with family while dh worked, but now it was time to camp. It poured down rain while we checked in and this is my first time tent camping since we sold our TT so I do admit I teared up. Not only are we "roughing it", but it is also POURING! :badmood: We got to our site, cracked open a beer, cranked up the tunes, and I felt so much better. The tent went up fast and since we discovered we didn't have our ezup canopy cover with us, there was nothing else to set up. The rain stopped and we went for a bike/scooter ride (dh and dd on their bikes, me on my scooter...no bikes for me, bad knees). I somehow managed to rip up my leg on the scooter...I was gonna do a pic here but Ill spare you, its bad. We watched the EWP and ate an entire box of entenmanns soft chocolate chip cookies (you know the ones) and called it a night. I slept like a baby. DH on the other hand said he didnt get a wink. Between the direct spotlights shining in the tent from the CS, the kid playing the drums on the ice machine at 3AM, and the fact his air mattress had a hole so he was on the ground by morning, he didn't do so well. But we had a beautiful day Saturday morning and it was time for my new coffee mug, a trip to Bob's dock (where I actually said to the guy that was there, "Are you Bob?"), and a new koozie!!