For a while now I’ve been struggling to get my laptop to connect successfully to the internet. This has caused me to be very slow in posting to this side. As I would have to wait to get home for my trips in order to successfully post anything up. Now that is changing I recently ended up getting a Samsung Galaxy book 2 360. I wanted something lightweight and portable that I can take with me when I travel and then make it easier for me to post and transfer pictures from my phone. As part of the package I also ended up getting a new smartwatch, a Samsung Galaxy 4 Classic. Now I have been a long time user smart watches usually those made by Garmin. But it is nice to have an alternative to what I’ve been used to and again this will give me an interesting opportunity to give you guys some feedback on how the two day battery life works when you’re trying to get to see exciting and new experiences. Stay tuned and I will keep you updated on how both of these are working and as always don’t forget to bring your towel.
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So yesterday I suggested that you look in your local town. To find treasures or things to do that do not cost you a lot of money. Not to be one to not take my own advice went out today and found something in my local town to do. If you are in Cary North Carolina I would suggest you take a moment to stop by and see the Catechist Maximus art display at the Cary arts center.
What is catechist Maximus you may ask? Well let me tell you. A digital artist has taken cats from around the world and place them in City scenes where they power over buildings and people.
To leave your house and go find something nearby that is new unique and different. And don’t forget bring your towel.
So tonight decided to take advantage of a local Town attraction. Our little town host the state’s symphony during the summer. So we decided to give it a shot. Let me just say it is a blast.
I know what your thinking. How is this helpful to me. Well I’m going to tell you. Nearly every town out there puts on activities for it’s residents. Go to your local towns website and look for events they put on. They are normally life cost and good for all ages.
But when you go don’t forget your towel.
Last weekend we traveled to a local festival called the Ole Mill Crank-Up. It take place just outside of Sanford, NC. once a year. It’s a two day festival where you can access the longest standing covered bridge in NC and see an water powered gris mill in action. There are vendors, food, out door music and a fun family atmosphere that harkens back to aby gone time. I have included some pictures below and would recommend marking your calendars for next year.
So we hit Disney Studios today. We were really looking forward to riding dinner of the new rides that have been added. But it didn’t turn out quite as we had hoped.
We started off with the Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway. It was a fun and enjoyable ride with a 40 minute wait.
We then tried Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run. This is an enjoyable 4 minute ride with an 80+ wait time. Not really worth it if you want my opinion.
The next ride we wanted to do was Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance. We never got around to it since the wait time stayed between 100 – 200 minute wait time.
However, we did some other older rides which had no wait normally. You could really tell which rides had not had a recent movie release as they were empty.
I will say that the Star Wars area is awesome. I grabbed a few pics to share:
Don’t forget to bring your towel.
I have fine some post on where we ate and done in Magic Kingdom but wanted to post a few thoughts and pics.
First off, way to many Stiller’s strollers. They are everywhere and a hazard to walking around. We got hit multiple times from stroller drivers not looking where they are going or not realizing how much room their strollers take up.
Second the park is expensive so get everything you can. Do not think about the outside world.
Here are a few pics.
One thing I had to break out was a wonderful example of how nature adapts.
On the way out am owl decided to saw goodbye.
After a long day of fun 😊. We hit the Plaza Restaurant for dinner. It’s a small restaurant near the castle in Magic Kingdom. The food is sandwiches and ice cream. This was probably the best value we have had in Disney. The French Dip was good with lots of meat and a tasty horseradish sauce.
The better half grabbed a turkey sandwich.
Both were very good. If your looking not to break the bank and get something good to eat stop by the Plaza Restaurant.
Is Disney hot in April, heck yes. So what are you to do. Stop at a number of ice cream shops that do the park and get something cool. A chocolate covered Mickey is always a treat.
Sunshine Tree Terrace is an example of those stops. We grabbed some soft serve while in the park to fight the heat.
As a reminder that although there are a lot of place that sell ice cream they do have differences. For example not so do soft serve.
After a fun day at Disney we decided to visit a restaurant at a nearby hotel. So to Todd English’s Bluezoo we tried.
We got a reservation and showed up a little early and stopped by the bar for a cocktail. The cockatiels were ok. The bar tender let the drinks set halfway through crafting to handle other customers which let the ice melt and water down the drinks. I normally take pictures of the drinks too share but the bar was too dark to take a good picture with out cameras. This brings up a point about the whole restaurant. The lights are turned down really low. It gives the impression that your eating in a cave or a restaurant that cannot pay their power bill.
For dinner we ordered an Angus steak and lobster pasta. Both were good but way over priced.
This is the $55 steak posts and mushrooms.
The food is good but the price to quality ratio is not here. Go somewhere else for food and drinks.
So to sum up Todd English’s Bluezoo, had good food but not worth the cost.
Just want to do a quick post on the room. It’s clean nice and comfortable. No complaints.
