Florida

Great demonstration of clown makeup, fromstart to finish in 5 minutes.All 5' 10" folded into a clown car.  Good thingI didn't have clown shoes.  Oh wait, I do.Wouldn't you like to take your toddlers to [...]

Where else can you learn really geeky things likethe function of dual fuel atomizers in the ITTthermocouple?  Cool.Simulation is where you practiceengine out landings, flaps that stick,non functioning throttles, all kindsof good stuff.Even though our [...]

Owls poised to deliver at the Post OfficeBeware the Biting Book, which snarled and snapped at us from behind barsDragon Challenge Roller Coaster -we were upside down, twisted,dropped & spinned.  (Those are FEETin the air, not arms!) [...]

Islands of Adventure, next to Universal Studios, has THE hot new theme park attraction!

All you can eat Florida stone crab -next best thing to Dungeness!Spring break central turns 100 this year -party like a centenarian, dudeSunrise on a small fraction of the seeminglyendless boardwalk - nary a jogger [...]

The boys like to play where there is DANGER involved!!!  Nobody said an airboat trip through the Everglades was a cakewalk.Baby alligator - if you touch his lip, he chomps on your finger!Mighty fisherman (from left) nephew JR, brothers Dan (holding a big [...]

We thought we were pretty far south until we took a seaplane down to Dry Tortugas National Park. This has to be one of the least accesible National Parks. Ponce De Leon (remember him?) named [...]

It's a play in the water all day and party all night kinda town. We spent the day snorkeling in the "flats" and kayaking in the mangrove trees - saw a shark, a turtle, tarpins, [...]

Key West is a small island, 4 miles long and 2 miles wide, the southernmost point in the Continental U.S. Only 90 miles to CUBA!!! It's also the end (and the beginning) of Highway 1 [...]

SIMCOM is a professional simulator-based flight training facility in Orlando, Florida. We had a full week of simulator training - they have a cockpit mockup that is exactly like our plane, complete with a screen [...]

Here is Mike bravely defending me from the giant alligator. The real one (about 4 feet long) was maybe 50 yards from Mike's brother Charlie's house at a pond with no fence. Woe be the [...]

This was a GUY trip, in honor of brother Tom's 50th birthday. Lotsa diving, followed by floating around with swim noodles and Bud Lite. From the left in the seated photo, nephew Nick, brothers Dan, [...]