Florida- Orlando/ Disney Experience

We left home on Friday afternoon- Easton was snowy, icy and downright bone chilling!  We made it to Smithfield, North Carolina the first night and boondocked at a friendly Walmart ( our first time ever doing this) The following morning we were in the road again at 7am!  On Saturday night we camped at a Cracker Barrel about an hour from Orlando.  It was so very nice to roll out of bed and walk to our "country kitchen" for a hearty breakfast.  They even had a fire in the fire place just for us :-)  On Sunday morning, we drove the last hour to Orlando and checked into Disney's Fort Wilderness.  This place is amazing!  Within an hour of checking in and setting up at our site, we were at the pool!  The boys love that there is a huge water slide and that the pool water is heated!  The staff here is wonderful- they engage the kids and there are events planned throughout the day to keep everyone active!  Today the boys played kickball for an hour with some new friends and went to a pool party - an hour of games, music, and fun with friends!  Bodie has made some new friends, too!  He is snoring as I write this!  Tomorrow we plan on going to Downtown Disney while Bryan works and we have reservations at Rainforest Cafe for dinner.  Here are some pictures from our adventure so far!  Love you all!

Friday, January 24th- Easton, Maryland

Chilly

One of the best things EVeR!  We call him Tom.  He may have saved this marriage.  He even tells Bryan when he's speeding. Tom, you are my hero!

Tom didn't know about the accident on 95 though.  

Stopped in Georgia for gas and bought some piping hot boiled peanuts for a treat.  

We made it!

Doing the happy dance ❤️

YeeHaw!  We're really here!

Aaron: Splashdown!

Braden: Action Shot!

Ready to rock and roll!

Playing Pool Games!

Kickball Game - brotherly love!

Evening walk to explore the rest of the campground

Mickey even has a farm!  Horseback riding may be on our agenda in the near future!  

Ok, that's all for tonight!  Bed is calling!  

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz❤️

Map of our Trip so far!

Accord, New York

The last stop on our New England trip was New York.  We stayed at Rondout Valley Resort in Accord, NY - It was a quick stop, but still very full of adventure!

Nice location next to a fun group of people.  Met a friendly firefighter named Joe who also has an English Bulldog!

Our home away from home for the night 

Putting on the New York sticker!  The NY countryside is very different from New York City!  Lots of farms and open space!  Not a McDonalds in sight :-)  We ate at a great diner while in Accord- the boys had pancakes and Bryan and I had the special... It was a Chinese dish!!!! Hahahahaha

Our map is getting very CoLOrFuL!!!!!

Can you see this picture?  It's a bridge- a very short bridge!  You can't drive under it if you are driving in a tall RV!  We climbed a mountain on our way out of town ( heading towards home sweet home) and I told Bryan that we only had 5 more minutes of this crazy terrain and we would be fine- headed to a nice, roomy interstate!  The next thing we see is this bridge... We panicked for half a second!  There is no backing up in a rig pulling a Jeep!  We sprung into action ( we were a very good team I must say!) and unhooked the Jeep, I stopped traffic and Bryan was able to get out of that precarious position and head back down the mountain.  I found us a route that didn't include any low clearance bridges at the next gas station!  As a bonus, we discovered these yummy drinks at that  station :-)

We arrived in Easton at 7ish that same evening!  So thankful to be home!  Can't wait to get back on the road after the holidays!

Vermont

We are loving our time here in Vermont!  It's gorgeous and the weather has been very cooperative :-)  We've been exploring all the farms and factories that Vermont has to offer.  Just call us Vermont Foodies!  Here's a picture montage if what we've been up to here in the great state of VT...

Putting on the Vermont sticker

We are staying at the Crown Point Campground in Perkinsville, VT.

Our neighbors

Fantastic fall foliage

We usually eat out on travel days so the first night in Vermont we went to Black Rock Steak House.  They bring the steaks RAW and you cook your own steak on a 750 degree black rock!  Braden loved it!!!!  Bryan wasn't so sure. Aaron and I both had chicken- which came fully cooked :-)

We had to check out the Ben & Jerry's Factory in Waterbury, VT.

We saw how the ice cream was made, sampled some of Ben & Jerry's finest, and then visited their Flavor Graveyard!

While in Waterbury, we also sampled Cheese at the Cabot Cheese Store and chocolate from Champlain Chocolate!  We were too busy stuffing our faces to document that :-)

Bodie ate well in Vermont too!

We stopped by the Green Mountain Visitor Center and learned a little about how they make coffee...look at that giant coffee bean:-)

After all the samples and touring, we spent a little time in a quaint little park getting some of our energy out!

Swinging

Playing in the leaves

Brotherly love ❤

At the park, Bodie made friends with a cute little girl dog named Billie!

Billie's parents were very cool too!  We've really enjoyed meeting new people along our trip!  We also met a great couple at the Cabot Cheese Store this same day.  We love meeting new people :-)

Sugarbush Farm in Woodstock, VT was a wonderful farm tour!  We learned about how a maple syrup is made, toured the Sugar House, saw some cool animals, and sampled maple syrup and cheese from the farm!  

Aaron & I loved feeding the animals!  We want to buy a farm now❤

Dawn the calf

Bodie made friends with Dawn too!

They both wanted to run & play!

Took the Maple Walk

Very informative tour

Our 3 Boys 

Saying goodbye to his friend

Passed over a fantastic covered bridge on our way back to the camp

Caught some Vermont Fish!

Some big, some small :-)

All settled in for the night!  Tomorrow we move on to New York before heading towards home this weekend!  Sweet dreams.