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24th Minimal Regatta – Key West

May 26, 2015

This weekend we attended the 24th Annual Minimal Regatta in Key West, Hosted my the Schooner Wharf Bar. It was sure a sight to see! The teams were required to construct their boats from the following supplies: 1 Sheet 4×8 1/4 plywood, 2- 2×4 pieces of lumber, 1 pound of fasteners, 1 roll of duct tape and no caulking or adhesives can be used.

Each team seemed to have a theme and costumes to match their boat. It was a lot of fun. I hope to remember this event for next year so I can attend again. They even gave away a prize for the fastest sinking boat and it took about 3 seconds!

Key West Songwriters Festival 2015

May 18, 2015May 18, 2015

Last year I was so confused and overwhelmed by the amount of performers, I didn’t know where to begin. This year I did a little bit more planning and knew where I wanted to be and who I couldn’t miss. I started out at The Inn at Key West on Thursday May 7th for their pool party. Got to see Steven Padilla, Ty Bates, Ben Rue and The Darlins all while relaxing in the pool.

IMG_20150507_143807 — Steven Padilla, Ty Bates and Ben Rue

IMG_20150507_131827 — The Inn at Key West!

After making friends on Thursday I met up with the same people to hit the Southernmost Hotel Pool Party on Friday May 8th. There we got to see Arlis Albritton, Jacob Powell, Erica Sunshine Lee, Nick Norman, Ricky Young, Joal Rush, Cary Barlowe, Jaron Boyer & Chancie Neal. Whew! That’s a lot of people to pack into 1 afternoon. Erica Sunshine Lee had to be one of my favorites. After she was done performing she jumped straight into the pool!

To wrap up Friday we hit Sloppy Joes and saw Jesse Rice who wrote “Cruise” the hit song performed by Florida Georgia Line. Rhett Akins was supposed to perform but he apparently cancelled on the whole festival. It was really cool to see Love and Theft take the stage instead.

IMG_20150508_202454 — Me and Jesse Rice on stage at Sloppy Joes!

IMG_20150509_001643 — Me and Stormie Warren!

I found Chris Young … well I found his truck at least! He actually put on a great show and it was a great way to cap off the weekend.

4 Parks … 3 Days! – What were we thinking…

May 16, 2015March 21, 2016

It might have taken me a full week to recover from my 4 parks in 3 days adventure I had! We walked more than 30 miles according to our Fitbits, a new record for me. After checking into the hotel I went to the airport to pick up my partner in crime Melissa. We decided to stay at a non-Disney resort because she is a Marriot rewards member and earned a bunch of points. With that said both of us agree you should stay at a Disney resort and also do the meal plan. If I ever go back I know that is what I will be doing.

Our schedule was as follows:

Friday, Day 1: Hollywood Studios

Saturday, Day 2: Animal Kingdom then Epcot

Sunday, Day 3: Magic Kingdom

And then there is what really happened… We did hit Hollywood Studios first then somehow ended up going to Magic Kingdom, riding some rides catching the fireworks show all before we crashed into our hotel beds after walking more than 10 miles. Disney is no cake walk that’s for sure … I like to think that we got our moneys worth from our 3 day – park hopper – fast pass tickets.

We then drug out butts out of bed and headed over to Animal Kingdom. Personally this park and Magic Kingdom were my favorites. I think they did a really good job building the different parts of the world and the way they have it all surrounding the Tree of Life is really cool!

Somethings that you might not know and you should … Fast passes are AMAZING. If scheduled for your first 3 hours of the day. Once you use your 3 Fast passes for the day you can go to a kiosk and register for another and then another and then another. Do you see the trend here? We ended up getting ride a few rides more than once and also didn’t wait the 120 minutes to meet Cinderella. We also got to Magic Kingdom before the park opened on Sunday morning and it turns out they do an opening show complete with fireworks. After that we made a mad dash to Space Mountain, which we rode 3 times before we had to use our first fast pass of the day without a wait.

As always, Peace, Love and Tweeting!

-tOr

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