Nov. 2008

HI! Everyone, we hope you are all doing well. The Food & Wine festival ended on Nov. 9th, but our last day of work was the 10th. We were the only two working so between us we had 14 trips back and forth to the airport.(Linda sure does know her way to the airport now.) Photo of the vans we drove

We also worked culinary demonstration's. We did get to taste a lot of different foods we wouldn't have tried on our own. Jammie Dean(Paula's son) was one of the chefs we saw. Also the chef that baked the cake for Prince Charles and Lady Di wedding. Several other TV personalities where Rock Harper, Todd English and Cat Cora. We did transport a lot of the chefs from the Resorts to the parks and to the airport. We also met a lot of people from Louisiana tourism. They are expecting us to stop by. Some of the entertainment, that we transported, from LA said they will treat us to dinner if we come visit, since we couldn't accept tips.

Walt Disney World

We left Orange Lake and arrived at Theme World RV Resort in Davenport Florida . This will be our home for the next 5 months. We are working at Disney again. We are working the International Food and Wine Festival. This is a 45 day festival. We are working in transportation. We drive between the airport and the resorts and the parks. We drive the chefs, entertainers, wine makers, sponsors and tourism people. We also work the culinary demonstration. This is neat in that, a few times the chef we picked up at the airport, where giving a demonstration that we where working. Sometimes we get to taste the food they prepare . This is really great. Our Escapees Club has a chapter here called The Friends of Mickey . We get together once a month. This month we went to dinner at the Trails End Cafe at Fort Wilderness. After dinner we took a pontoon boat ride on the Seven Seas lagoon. We all had a great time. Next month we are doing a backstage and onstage tour at Animal Kingdom. No matter how long you work here there are new things to learn. At least new to some of us.

Florida

After spending 5 days at Paradise Lake we headed for Florida. We arrived at Orange Lake Florida. We spend 6 days at Grand RV and Golf Resort. This is a very very nice RV park. A nice pool, but we had to share it with 6-8 others, not like in South Carolina where we had it to ourselves. Photo of the eagles nest was taken from the pool. This resort is also on a lake. It is also a Passport America park. This is horse country. Never knew they had such beautiful horse farms. We where told this area and Lexington KY are the two largest horse farm areas in the country. While here we also toured Ocala National Forest and visited some of the springs. The springs are a cool 72 degrees all year long. The ocean was 86 degrees. So this is cool. The water is crystal clear. In the photo see the shadow of the fish.

Paradise Lake GA

We left the Georgia coast with the treat of hurricanes coming. They did miss Georgia but created some rough surf. The photo shows the beach at high tide. The day before we had a very wide beach. The rocks are on the inlet side with the surf breaking over them. We went inland about 110 miles to Paradise Lake RV Park. A small park with only 35 spaces. A super friendly owner. For you RV'ers this is a Passport America park. Its named Paradise Lake after the unique fishing area. There are about 40 small lakes for fishing. They are managed to create good fishing and a nature preserve. No motors are aloud on the lakes. The lakes are from an acre to several 100 acres. While fishing Bob caught a 13 pound catfish on a lure, not the normal bait for a catfish. The fish in the photo is next to a 36" tape, to give some idea of its size. I couldn't hold the fish and take a picture.