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Key West Garden Club

June 13, 2015July 19, 2015

This is a Banyon tree that has grown over one of the archways.

Have you ever visited the Key West Garden Club? I have lived here for 2 1/2 years and have never been inside. The Key West Garden Club is one of the island’s last remaining free tourist attractions. Plants are donated and maintained by members and volunteers. They are a non-profit organization that provides educational opportunities for the community relating to tropical gardening and to the West Martello Tower, a National Historic site where the Club is located. They are open seven days a week and are a beautiful venue for weddings and other events.I want to take a good book some iced tea and just relax under a tree for a few hours.

I also had the chance to work on my photography skills while I was there. They have so many different types of plants and trees that I wanted to photograph. Some are a little abstract and others just show the simple beauty of a flower in bloom.

The history of the tower is very cool dating back to 1822 when the land was first surveyed by the US Navy. Please visit their website for a full history. Tower History

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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Walt Disney World

April 23, 2015April 23, 2015

Today and for the next few days I will be visiting Walt Disney World. Now some of you might find it a little strange that I have never been to any of the parks before unless you count that time that my Mother took me when I was 2 years old. My tour guide … and best friend Melissa will be showing me the ropes so to speak. All I have to say is my Fitbit is charged and I’m ready for the adventure that awaits.

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