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
