We arrived in Orlando around 4PM, at roughly the same time as our entire party...and that wasn't even planned! We rented a massive, 15 passenger van and got a bite to eat. After that, we went to the hotel and the kids went right to bed (the time change was brutal, and we needed to adjust right away because we were going to be heading to Disney at 8AM on Monday...which is, oh...5AM our time. I would have gone right to bed as well, but Pam, Sam and I had to hit the store for food for Sunday's excursions.
Matt served his mission in Florida and so in the morning, we went north to visit a ward he served in, in a city called Deland. After church, we went to Blue Spring State Park, which is a manatee refuge! It was really fascinating, there were hundreds of manatees in the most beautiful blue-green water. The water was perfectly clear. There was a nice boardwalk we walked, observing the wildlife. We saw an armadillo, a handful of crocs and some turtles and fish. It was a really nice afternoon together.
It is really hard for me not to edit these images so they are prettier and truer to the magic we saw, but I am already 2 months delayed on this post and so if you want to see the beauty...see Pam's post, which I will post after my vacay posts.
We saw only one manatee that poked his nose out of the water. The others all just stayed below the water as far as I ever saw.
Ruby and Mattie always hold hands. I just love it.
Such clear water!!
Zoe was having fun walking ahead and then running back toward the group. She was the youngest child in our group and so fun and entertaining and full of very endearing little girl charm. I've been out of that stage with my kids for long enough to think that basically anything she ever said or did was pure magic.
So Magic Kingdom is next...
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