Fort Wilderness January 17 thru 27th

  We went to Disney World to celebrate Joyce's birthday. Neither of us had ever been to the area.  We stayed at Disney's Fort Wilderness campground.  They gave us a great site.  We were only a short distance from the boats that would take you to Magic Kingdom or the bus stops to the other locations.  The light show at the Magic Kingdom at night was spectacular.  There was a lot of walking and sore feet after the first day.  I came down with the flu Saturday evening.  We went to Epcot on Monday but I still wasn't doing very well.  Joyce ended up getting it from me so we both have been coughing and hacking. Though we extended our camp stay 2 extra days when I came down with the flu, unfortunately the campground was full so we'll have to go back to use our last 2 days of tickets later (hopefully when we feel better!)

The blue dot at the top left was our campsite

Our boat that took us over to the Magic Kingdom.

Our hosts at the Magic Kingdom.

We had a wonderful spot to watch the Main Street Parade.
Can't imagine doing the whole parade on stilts.

Alice in Wonderland wishing Joyce a happy birthday.
They had given Joyce a "Birthday Button" and almost ALL staff who passed her wished her a "happy birthday Joyce".

The costumes used in the parade dancers were so inventive!

Amazing how much work goes into the floats and those representing the various characters.

Show off kid with his hands in the air while I had a death grip on the bar.

The nighttime light show on castle plus the fireworks was gorgeous.

After our 12 hour day the boat dropped us back on dock and we stayed at beach to watch the lake light show.
It was 2 boats pulling about 8 barges from resort to resort around the lake.
The characters had movement with accompanying music.
Our resort time was 9:45 each night, we could hear the music even at our camp site.

The campground laundry was charge/debit card only.
Joyce watched the washer and dryers from her phone.

It was a windy & cool day at Epcot. 

 We were surrounded by wild animals all of the time at the campground.  The first were the squirrels that would eat out of your hands then there was a young jake turkey that showed up.  The next day he brought a second turkey with him.  The neighbor lady said there was a group of 5 tom turkeys that circle the area.  Sure enough they showed up and as you can see they are very use to people.  All the years of hunting turkeys carrying a bow or shotgun and all I needed was sunflower seeds.  Joyce  & I probably took 500 pictures of squirrels and turkeys.

The decorations around the campsites are unbelievable.  The people decorate year round with lights and figures. We saw everything from golf carts, bicycles to segways being rode thru the campground. They drove the horse drawn carriages thru our loop in the campground. The best part was the continuous puppy parade.  Everyone had to take their dogs for a walk or ride.  There were short ones, fat ones, long ones and skinny ones.  The best part was we'd just go out and pet them and didn't have to clean up after them.

This cart belonged to some people from Blue Springs, MO

We made some new friends.  We met Bryan and Hope from Maine.  Bryan is a lobster fisherman.  It is very interesting to talk to people from different parts of the country & the things you learn.  We look forward to traveling to Maine one of these days and stopping by to visit with them. Patty from Iowa was in the 5th wheel across from us. Her little fuzz-ball dog was a cutie.

We have moved to Homossasa, Florida.  The manatee live in the waters in the area.  We are looking forward to having an encounter with some.