The Turner Tribe left the reservation and headed to Florida earlier this month. We left early Saturday morning and made it to Macon, Georgia the first night. On Day 2 we made it to Orlando early in the afternoon and went to SeaWorld. We had a great time that first night and got to see the fireworks at closing. On Day 3, we went back to SeaWorld and finished seeing everything else at the park. We left in the late afternoon and started to Daytona before some rain fell. On Day 4, we went to the Kennedy Space Center in hopes to be able to watch a rocket launch. However, once we got there we found out that launch had been cancelled. We had a great day exploring the center and would like to go back when the kids are older.
The morning of Day 5 we toured a chocolate factory in Daytona and dove down to see Florida's tallest lighthouse that is located South of Daytona Beach. The lighthouse was really interesting and had other buildings original to the lighthouse keepers. We spent the afternoon relaxing on the beach and collecting sea shells. Day 6 was dedicated to the beach. We spent part of the day checking out some of the shops during the heat of the day and playing miniature golf that was located in the hotel. That evening we went to the "Dive-In" Movie on the large inflatable screen down at the pools. We all got up to see the sunrise on Day 7 and took a stroll on the beach one last time before we had to check out. After a couple of stops along the way, we made it to Dalton, Georgia that night. Day 8 was the final leg of our trip. We made a couple of short stops and one long one in Marion to visit with some of our family. (We knew we were back in the Land of Lincoln when we saw the weeds along the interstate and roadkill!) We finally made it home at 11:00 to complete our 2,200 mile trip. The slide show above shows some of the 1,100 pictures we took along the way. You can see a larger version of any of the pictures in the slide show by double-clicking it. You can see the whole album here, to see a full screen slide show click here.
This year's vacation followed a similar route as last year. Last year we "did Disney" and stayed on the grounds and did three days at Disney Parks (Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom) and went to Universal Studios. After that we went and spent two days at Daytona Beach and watched the Space Shuttle launch from the beach. Since we didn't have our blog up and running at that time last year, you can see the photo album from last year's trip here, to see a full screen slide show of the pictures click here.
The morning of Day 5 we toured a chocolate factory in Daytona and dove down to see Florida's tallest lighthouse that is located South of Daytona Beach. The lighthouse was really interesting and had other buildings original to the lighthouse keepers. We spent the afternoon relaxing on the beach and collecting sea shells. Day 6 was dedicated to the beach. We spent part of the day checking out some of the shops during the heat of the day and playing miniature golf that was located in the hotel. That evening we went to the "Dive-In" Movie on the large inflatable screen down at the pools. We all got up to see the sunrise on Day 7 and took a stroll on the beach one last time before we had to check out. After a couple of stops along the way, we made it to Dalton, Georgia that night. Day 8 was the final leg of our trip. We made a couple of short stops and one long one in Marion to visit with some of our family. (We knew we were back in the Land of Lincoln when we saw the weeds along the interstate and roadkill!) We finally made it home at 11:00 to complete our 2,200 mile trip. The slide show above shows some of the 1,100 pictures we took along the way. You can see a larger version of any of the pictures in the slide show by double-clicking it. You can see the whole album here, to see a full screen slide show click here.
This year's vacation followed a similar route as last year. Last year we "did Disney" and stayed on the grounds and did three days at Disney Parks (Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom) and went to Universal Studios. After that we went and spent two days at Daytona Beach and watched the Space Shuttle launch from the beach. Since we didn't have our blog up and running at that time last year, you can see the photo album from last year's trip here, to see a full screen slide show of the pictures click here.
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