MAY 18TH FLORIDA

We arrived at the Marriott Grande Vista Resort for our last days of vacation. It is beautiful.
We have a view of the lake with fountains so I am sitting on the balcony enjoying the warm
breeze and the sound of water. The grounds make you feel as if you are in a tropical paradise.
Palm trees, cover walkways, indoor courtyard with more fountains.
I am sharing a few photos.

God Bless
Until next time
Linda

 View from balcony

Animal Kingdom

We visited Animal Kingdom on Wednesday and it was very interesting. The grounds made you feel like you where in a jungle,

We went on a safari thru the back country, thru water, over water, mud and etc. Very realistic and bumpy. We saw rhino's which are on the endangered list being killed for their horns. The elephants
being killed for their ivory. I am very grateful for what Disney does for animal conservation.

Flights of Wonder is a bird show. It is amazing what they have trained the birds to do. They have
beautiful colorful birds from all over the world. A Bald Eagle who is now off the endangered list. What a wonderful recovery but always another to take its place.

Disney does an outstanding job with everything they do.

Our age is telling on us we got back to the room around six and I laid down to rest and when I
woke up it was 9:30 at night so I got up and got ready for bed and slept until the next day.

Take care
God Bless
Until next time
Linda

 Tree of Life

 Big Bats

Photos from Epcot

Learning to add photos

View from our room in Florida.

Tuesday May 14 Florida

Hi,
We visited Epcot yesterday and it was great. The weather was just perfect. We caught the
shuttle from the resort so that made it even better
.
Epcot was having a Flower Festival .They have such creative artist working
for them. To see all the Disney characters made from flowers just incrediable. I loved seeing
all the characters but Winnie the Pooh and friends are number one for me. Second would be
Tinkerbell"s Butterfly Garden.The colours and designs created left me speechless and in
awe.

We watched surround vision movies about a few of the countries represented at Epcot.
A big buffet of countries, foods, shopping and people. Of course fireworks and light show
ended the evening.

The plan for tomorrow is Animal Kingdom.

Until next time
God Bless
Linda




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May 11 Florida

We had a nice drive down to Florida last night, We drove all  night the weather was great and traffic
even better
.
We got here this morning around 8:30 after a hard time finding the resort as it in listed as being
in Celebration Fl but it is not. It is in the same area as the resorts we have stayed at on
earlier trips. It is a beautiful resort and we will check it out good tomorrow. Mystic Dunes
is the name.

The resort let us check in early and we took a long nap while a thunderstorm was going on.
Nice napping weather for sure.

Take care and God Bless
Until next time
Linda

The Month of May

I love the month of May. It is my anniversary month. We got married on May 30 1967. It will be 46 years
this May 30th.

Jim and I were in school together and started "going together"
 the summer before our senior year in high school.
He went into Marine Corp right after high school. We got married right before he shipped out to Vietnam.
It has been a journey of ups and downs but we have stayed together thru it all only I know by the
grace of God and our love.

We have 3 daughter who have blessed us with 10 grandsons and two granddaughters. The oldest being
23 and the youngest 7 months. My oldest grandaughter has blessed us with a great grandson and a step-
great grandson. So our house is full and blessed with all ages.

We have always tried to go away for a trip long or short for our anniversary and this year is no different.
We are planning a two week(or longer) trip to Florida.

My sweet April is house sitting and Mamaw sitting and dog sitting. I am thankful that she will do this
for me.

More about the trip coming soon.

God Bless
Until next time
Linda