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Joe Dwyer's in Orlando

Joe has kindly given me a key to his house and this USB keyfob with good Couchsurfer and Orlando information. My addition is to relate my experience trying to see Alice In Wonderland IMAX 3D. There are two IMAX theaters in the area, neither of which has a phone number so you can talk to a real person (one's movie line was even out of date). So I plugged their addresses into my GPS and off I went to see what was showing. Well.....turns out that both of them are connected to the huge conglomerates (ie Universal Studios) and you can't park and walk up to a window and talk to someone. They first want you to pay to park (in one case $20 for my very small camper and the other one was a parking garage which I couldn't enter). All around, “they” make it impossible to plan ahead and then inconvenient once I got there. Of course it could be that my Vermont country bumpkin background has added to my difficulty here. At this point I decided to take Joe's advice and go see Park Avenue in Winter Garden.....a super nice place, lots of botiques, parks, fountains, cobblestone streets, beautiful early 19c Florida buildings. All parking is free so I parked the camper and got on my bike and saw the town. Super nice! Even a golf course downtown! Highly recommend this area!

My first "Couch Surfing" experience

Just arrived at this small house on a corner lot in Orlando.  So far so good.  Nice house and neighborhood.  My host, Joe, doesn't get home until 6:00, he told me where to park.....on the curb of a lazy side street under a shady tree right next to an adorable community park and pond.  I took Sophie for a walk then went for a bike ride.  Lots of little lakes, cobblestone streets and upscale homes near here.  I have to look up some birds I saw.

www.couchsurfing.org   Look up this link for more information on this neat idea.

A couple recent pics

Moonlight over Silver Lake in Brooksville, FL

My kitchen table, Florida wild flowers & flea mkt find

Campsite #13 Silver Lake Recreation Area

Brooksville, FL with lake view, 3/16/10-4/1/10

 

Viv on our walk at Silver Lake

Viv on the boardwalk.

The Day I Swam With The Manatees

It was my 65th birthday, March 8, the sun was shining, Viv and I went up the Homossasa River in her kayaks, to the mouth of Three Sisters Springs in Crystal River, Florida.  We them to some low hanging branches and swam up to the warm water springs and frolicked with the manatees.  They have no fear and let us pet them, even the mom's and babies.  The water was as clear as in the Bahamas.  Lots of fishes too.  A perfect day.