I’d never really been to Charleston and I loved it! It’s a wonderful place to visit and I hope we can go back. Not only is it full of history but it has all kinds of neat little shops and outdoor markets. The food at the Swamp Fox was some of the best I’ve had. To honor the spirit of ol’ Dixie I ordered ‘low country shrimp and grits’. It was delicious. Russ had crab cakes. William had grilled cheese. However, he did enjoy the fried green tomatoes with a goat cheese and pepper jelly garnish appetizer that we ordered. It’s too bad they don’t serve a child size portion of the regular menu. He loves eating all kinds of different foods and I hate that he has to get grilled cheese.
William did great on the 5 hour drive from Charleston to Orlando. The resort was pretty nice. We stayed in a one room studio with a small kitchenette. We really didn’t take advantage of much at the resort. I would have loved to swim at the pool but it was kind of cold. It didn’t get above 71’. But the weather was gorgeous, blue, blue skies, crisp air, wonderful.
Saturday we went to Gatorland. It’s an animal park that has lots of gators, snakes, and birds. It also has a petting zoo with some goats, and lamas and it has train. It was the perfect place to take William. He loved it and we did too. They have a rookery and it was the nesting season so the birds were really fun to watch.
Sunday we didn’t do a whole lot. We had to meet with the salesman, not a fun experience!! About 1 hour into it he asked me what I honestly thought. The whole time he kept telling us he wasn’t going to try and convince us of anything etc. So I told him I thought the resort was beautiful and that I’m sure people did come to feel pampered and luxurious etc., he had said that people buy these things because of the way it makes them feel, but, I said, that feeling was not really a big draw for me. (Not that I mind feeling pampered mind you, but to center every vacation around that is a bit much.) Beside that, I told him, I didn’t think they had resorts at the kind of places I wanted to go, namely historical places. Well, when I said that he started getting quite huffy and, among other things, asked me how, out of their 800 resorts I couldn’t possibly find one I would like to visit, and where was I going to stay when I went on vacation—a tent? So I told him I was not going to talk anymore and didn’t answer him. Russ said a few things and then the dear salesman got up and told us he was going to find someone to let us go early because we obviously were not interested. And that was the end of that. He didn’t even say good bye or nice to meet you or anything. I must admit I was a bit dismayed but at least we got to leave early.
William took a nap that afternoon and when he got up we went to a city park called Eola Park. It had a big lake which we walked around and William played on the slide for a while. We ate dinner at Carrabba’s, came back to our hotel, and put William down to bed.
Monday we got up and hit the road. We drove 10 hours and stopped 2 times for about 10 – 15 minutes each time and believe it or not William did wonderfully!! No fussing no crying, he either slept or talked nonstop saying every word or phrase he could. It was so fun to listen to him. I couldn’t believe how long he actually kept up the talking. We got home at about 7:30 Monday night. William went straight to bed and Russ followed soon after. As for me, I’m blogging.
Charleston Harbor
William loves those hotdogs!
And Mommy loves dip-n-dots--so does William
William and Daddy on the train. It got stuck three times but we finally got off and wisked William back to the hotel for a much needed nap.
William enjoying his free dessert at Carrabba's. The waitress gave him a little glass of chocolate mouse because she said he was just too cute.
2 comments:
Sounds like y'all had a great time! I would love to get to Charleston someday - hopefully we can. The shrimp and grits sounds yummy. :) Oh and Orlando looks fun too. :)
So fun! I'm glad you had a good trip - and esp that William traveled so well!
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