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