Saturday, February 11, 2023

Florida

Florida!  If you asked me many years ago what I thought of Florida, I'd probably have said I don't really think about it.  But over the years, I kept getting drawn back there.  First was a work trip for Ken in 1988 which the kids and I tagged along to.  Then when the Angie graduated from high school in 1999 I arranged a short trip to Florida and the Bahamas as a family senior trip.  Then there were a couple of my work trips there for winter meetings in Orlando.  Dad joined me for one of them and bought into the RCI resort I had gotten a bonus vacation at (Orange Lake Resort).  So Dad and I started going almost every year to use his 5th week of the year at Orange Lake Resort.  Then we started venturing out to S. Florida.  Eventually Angie and Josh even moved to S. Florida and we really started going there a lot.  I was hooked!!!  Fell in love with S. Florida.  We even moved there to be near the kids, then they moved to Georgia.  So we followed them to Georgia and are back to vacationing in Florida.

 

1988 Orlando

 

1999-Florida/Bahamas trip

 

2002 Jan. first trip to Orlando with Dad

 

2003---Orlando, Feb., with Dad and Angie

 

2004 winter Florida/1st cruise experience!

 

2005 Orlando with Dad followed by a do-over Disney Cruise

 

2008 Orlando---last trip with Dad

 

2009 - June; Sunny West Palm Beach

 

2009 May Orlando "Sunshine state" trip

 

2009 Oct Pompano trip with Ken 

 

2010 Orlando with David and Jane

 

2011 Oct.--Pompano Beach, Florida Sisters' trip 

 

2012 -April trip to Orlando with a Disney fanatic

 

2012 Sept to Coral Springs to visit the kids

 

2012 Nov. S Florida to visit the kids

 

2013 Feb. trip to Florida (Sea World)

 

2014 Just a little cross country drive to Florida in June/July

 

2015-2016 Living in South Florida!!!!

 

2017 Feb. 4-11 Orlando trip:

 

2020-Feb 1-4 Orlando 

 

2020-6 Panama City Beach trip

 

2020-sept 27- Oct 1 Destin, Fl. 4 night vacation

 

2021-May 17-25 Reunion and Clearwater Beach, Florida

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, February 10, 2023

Resorts we've stayed in: Wyndham, Worldmark, Orange Lake, and RCI & Interval International exchanges

Missouri

LOTO (Lake of the Ozarks)

 

Florida

 Orlando: 

     Wyndham Clearwater Beach Resort--May 2021 1 bedroom

     Worldmark Reunion Resort---May 2021 3 bedroom

Orange Lake Resort:

    West Villas unit 2032: 2017

 

Pompano:

Wyndham Sea Gardens:

    Ocean Palms: 2015 --- 2 bedroom deluxe 

    Ocean front and Waterfall: 2016 --- studios

 

Wyndham Royal Vista:

    Wyndham Royal Vista 5-13-17  --- 2 bedroom deluxe  rm 8814


 Wyndham Palm Aire:

    Wyndham Palm Aire: 5-2017---2 bedroom, rm 975

 

Panhandle:

     Wyndham Emerald Green  4 bedroom unit  --Sept 2020

     Wyndham Panama City Beach  1 bedroom deluxe---6-2020 

 

 Wyoming 

 

The Carolinas

  South Carolina

 Ocean Ridge, Edisto, SC:

     Wyndham Ocean Ridge: The Village; 674A&B (2 bedroom lockoff) 

      Wyndham King Cotton ---8-2015  3 bedroom 


 Lake Marion:

      Wyndham Lake Marion---Feb. 2021  3 bedroom accessible 

 

 N. Myrtle Beach, SC:

     Wyndham Ocean Blvd---Sept. 2021  3 bdrm, 5th floor OF

 

North Carolina

Fairfield Mountain resort, Lake Lure, NC

    Fairfield Mountain Resort: 2017 --- 1 bedroom suite  

    Wyndham Fairfield Mountain resort, Lake Lure, NC: 8-22-17 --- 2 bedroom loft

 

Sapphire Valley

    Wyndham Resort at Fairfield Sapphire Valley: 11-7-17  --- 1 bedroom deluxe and 1 bedroom suite

 

 Tennessee

     Wyndham at the Great Smokey Mountains in Sevierville

 

Hawaii

Maui

Worldmark Kihei:

    Worldmark Kihei & Kahana Villas Resort  2018

    Worldmark Kihei: 2016 --- 2 bedroom twins, building 8

    Worldmark Kihei : 2015 --- 2 bedroom twins, building 4

    Worldmark Kihei : 2-2013 --- 2 bedroom twins 

 

    Sands of Kahana: 2019 --- 1 bedroom (RCI exchange) 

    Kahana Villas Resort: 1-2018 --- 2 bedroom/2 bath (RCI exchange)

    

Kauai

Wyndham Kauai Beach Villas:

    KBV: 8-31-2016 --- 1 bedroom, 2 bath OV

    Wyndham KBVs best room (G12): 10-16-2016 --- 2 bedroom OV

    Wyndham KBV: 2-2015 --- 1 bedroom deluxe (2 bath) F3 

    Wyndham KBV: 1-2014 --- 2 bedroom/2 bath (lagoon view)     

    Wyndham KBV: 2-2019 --- 2 bedroom/2bath OV (H08, ground level)

 

Wyndham Bali Hai:

    Bali Hai: 2-2014 3 bedroom 

 

Wyndham Shearwater

    Shearwater: 9-6-2016 --- Unit 313

    Shearwater: 2-2019 --- Unit 108 2 bedroom/2 bath (RCI exchange) 

 

The Cliffs:

    the Cliffs: 9-4-2016 --- 2 bedroom loft 

 

Kauai Coast Resort at the Beachboy in Kapaa


 Oahu


Oregon

Worldmark

    Gleneden Beach : 12-19-2015 --- 3 bedroom OV

    Eagle Crest: 2014---2 bedroom

    Depoe bay: 2014 --- 2 bedroom 

    Seaside: 2014 --- 1 bedroom 

RCI

`    Sandpiper : 2014 --- 2 bedroom/2 bath--Lincoln City    

 

Washington:    

Olympic Peninsula

      

 

Caribbean

St. Thomas:

    Margaritaville: 9-20-2016 --- 3 bedroom Presidential Reserve   

    Wyndham Elysian: 10-2013 --- studio parlor    

    Wyndham Bluebeards Beach Resort: 11-2013 --- studio