Fulltime Rving... A Life on the Road plus a potpourri of amusements, interests & perceptions.

Chronicles our adventures in a not so conventional lifestyle... Full-time Rving. Retired and sold the house in 2003, bought the Rv of our dreams, and travel doing what we want, when we want. Plus a lot of other topics thrown in to keep it interesting... or at least I hope so. Stories & photos of our adventures and our life on the road. Hope you enjoy reading it from time to time. UPDATE: RV - LATELY STATIONARY IN THE COUNTRYSIDE OF VIRGINIA... FROM THE VALLEY TO THE MOUNTAINS.

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Scrapbooking Key West

There’s always something new to try with digital scrapbooking… a little time to relax… a little time to try something new… a little imagination… and … wala… lots of Key West memories in one place.

A Little Fan Fare

Just like the Hollywood Studios in Disney World, Disneyland in California has a new show called the Wonderful World of Color. It appears to go way beyond “Fantasmic” here in Florida. But as they say “A Picture is worth a thousand words”… here’s a few pictures of the new show. For those not familiar with the show… several “Fans” of water are sprayed into the air, creating a solid screen across a wide viewing area. Than pictures are projected onto the water screen. Couple this with water fountains, lights, fireworks, and pyrotechnics, and dramatic music that surrounds you, and you have quite a show. Here are some samples of the new show…. bigger than life!

At California Adventure…

The Wonderful of Color…

Dancing Fountains of Water & Color.

Colors, music, and hundreds of fountains…

and special effects…

Projections on the water screens…

Quite the show…

So… When do we get it here in Florida??

Few and Far Between…

The summer season is officially here…

lots to do while working…

lots to do while at home…

lots to do while playing…

So entries to my blog maybe

Few & Far Between.

Yall have a great summer…

Just enjoy life!

Take it all in…

later…

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Not All That it Seems…

Sometimes… things are not always as they seem.

Beautiful evening… the park has closed… almost everyone has left the park… the sun is setting… great time to snap a few more shots. While I was taking the picture of the Studios “Mickey” water tower I heard a strange “swishing… roaring sound”.

Mickey’s Ears started to lower and the top was opening up… wow… what was this?

A platform emerged… than “swish”…. something flew by…

Wow… what was that? Looks like a plane…

A fighter jet… but no… an X-Wing fighter… it was like something out of a movie…

It was landing right on the platform… wow…

and there is was… amazing…

Than the Ears closed… and it was just as though nothing had ever happened. All over in 20 seconds.

As if Nothing had happened…

I still can hardly believe it… and I have the photos…

and no one else saw anything… nor heard anything.

I was the only one. I’m still in a state of disbelief.

But you can see it for yourself. Sometimes… things are not always as they would seem to be.

Keep a watchful eye… especially when the sun goes down… and keep your camera ready.

Ya just never know what you might encounter.

So … what do you think ???

and These guys aren’t saying anything…

seeing anything…

and I guess…

not hearing anything either…

bet they think they’re funny too !

Monday, May 24, 2010

A little Magic Everywhere.

No matter where you are, or where you go, I guess you can always find a little Magic. Or at least something that sparks some kind of familiar image in your imagination. You do see them, or can find them almost everywhere. Most times it’s the simplest thing found in the most common place… and usually no explanation or interpretation is needed…

This one is easy to figure out!

Sunday, May 23, 2010

A long Time Ago…

The Battle between Good & Evil

traveled to Planets Near & Far…

Finally reaching a tiny Planet

Called Earth.

They arrived unexpectedly…

Good to battle Evil…

taking us all by surprise…

Only the Jedi Knight’s

to stand in the way of Evil…

This was certainly no time

to Mickey Mouse Around…

But that was exactly

what we needed!

They came upon us quickly…

but the Alliance Rallied…

Against Overwhelming Odds…

Good against Evil…

Evil was Strong…

But the Force was Stronger…

A Classic Battle…

and in a Magical Way…

Good defeated Evil…

Star Wars Weekends at

Walt Disney World

and we are going to miss it all this year!

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Classic Tree House

When we all think about a tree house we no doubt think about the standard scrap 2x4’s and scrap plywood that we managed to gather from somewhere… nail together in the most atrocious manner in a local tree and fashion what we called a tree house… “no girls allowed”. It’s a wonder we didn’t break an arm or leg with the expect and professional standards we attained.

Not withstanding that image… there was a real tree house that was the pinnacle of all tree houses. Built by a Swiss family named Robinson… or so the story goes. And as you can see for your self, it was quite the project, I don’t think I’d really mind living in that today… so long as it had electric & Wi-fi… and Direct Tv of course.

Very Impressive indeed…

all the comforts of home…

and than some…

A update version appears to be quite nice too!

Disney’s Treehouse Villas.

very nice and all modern…

and plans became reality…

right along the waters edge…

right in the heart of Disney…

Most people would never see these Tree Houses.

They are located on the waterway that connects Downtown Disney to Port Orleans & Riverside Resorts. So you can only see them if you take the boat between the two. Talk about a dream vacation spot… Id like to stay there once… I’d even settle just to go in to see them… Nice… Very Nice… the Tree House… reinvented.

Disney Style !

This is what I do…

Just in case you were wondering what I do in the summertime… Activities here at Lake Ridge. Here are some samples of typical Activities schedules here at the Resort.

an Old one from 2008