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Signing on. Sounds like a good start to your trip (except for the windshield crack). That's my biggest fear about driving down -that something will happen to the car on the way down and it will interfere with my getting to Disney. Well, that and being in the car for 24 hours of drive time . Glad it didn't slow you down and was easily fixed when you got home.
Love your title! When I was in grade school we sang some Simon & Garfunkel songs at our concerts as well!
Great travel day! Except for the windshield. Glad it's all fixed!
Thanks! I was actually having trouble coming up with a title when I remembered this song running through my head.
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Great start already and we haven't even made it to the true Disney portion yet
Love the trails you get to walk - so very jealous. What are your winters like? I really need to move somewhere that has little to no winter .... hate the cold.
Unfortunately, it does get cold in the winter in northwestern Kentucky. Highs can be anywhere from the 20s - 40s. We do get snow, and the past few years, we've had a bit more than usual, even though temperature wise it was milder than usual.
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Originally Posted by chezp
Love the title of the report - very appropriate, given what had happened just before this trip.
Great start, well apart from the windshield that is.
That appendectomy really changed the whole tone and feel of this trip.
Great start to your trip, and I love the green belt what a nice place to walk.
One of our former mayors came up with the idea for the Greenbelt, and it has been added to over the years. In fact they are working on an expansion right now. I truly appreciate it as it gives us such wonderful places to walk.
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Fantastic start! I always love your entertaining TRs that make me feel like I am right there with you.
Glad you feel like you are touring along with us.
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Originally Posted by guerns17
A lovely start!!! So funny about Siri. She can definitely get confused sometimes!!
Such a bummer about your wind shield, but at least it was fixed quickly!
Dinner sounded delicious...I wish every Mother's Day I'd be headed to Disney World ��.
I'm so excited to hear more about your "feelin groovy' trip!!
I'm actually hoping that next year we'll be in Disney for Mother's Day, so I could dine at one of my favorite places.
So excited for another Cam and Luke TR!! Sorry about your windshield
Thanks for that excitement! I'm excited to share the trip with all of you.
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Fantastic start!! (Except for the windshield part)
You know of course, I "sang" the song as I read it!!
Terry and I love Outback. He's more of the steak eater, I'm the chicken fan. (Not crazy about steaks...) Anyway....
Can't wait to read more of this groovy trip report!!!
I thought a few of you all would be singing with me. You and Terry are just the opposite of Luke and me. He usually orders the chicken. I really keep my intake of red meat low, and usually choose chicken, except at Outback and a few places at Disney where I can get a steak done right.
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Love your reports so much. Can't wait for more.
they always get me in the mood for my next trip, which is in only 52 days!
Thank you! Your trip is getting so much closer, too.
I love to read your reports. Your ability to keep up with the journals is an envious talent. I always start and then by the second or third day I can't even find the journal. Looking forward to reading more. I was glad to read that the windshield did not cause you any problems.
Your beautiful greenway would make anyone want to walk. Hope being outside helps you with your recovery. Judy seems to always get sick when we are on vacation (stuffy head, cough, chest congestion). Get well soon.
I have a whole toy box, which my dad redid for me, full of journals. I might be addicted to writing. Walking is much better with beautiful scenery. This is the first time I've gotten a cold while at WDW, and I'm so thankful it waited until the last day. Still working on ridding myself of that cough.
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Yay I'm here nice & early! Sounds like you had a nice and uneventful drive on the first day (aside from the windshield incident). We usually try to make Forsyth Georgia our stopping place for the evening when we drive down from Chicago.
Dinner at Outback sounded delicious!
You have a much further drive than we do. I'm pretty sure I'd be much more reluctant to drive from Chicago to Orlando.
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Originally Posted by bfth
Loving your report (and your photos of the park).
Would you be feeling quite so groovy if it were the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge Song? (Which is what it is known as now).
No so groovy as it is named now. We have quite a few roads and streets in Kentucky that are named for folks, too, which has in my opinion taken some of the charm from the names. We laughed when one of our parkways was renamed after a Kentuckian statesman as the GPS kept adding two or three extra middle initials. I don't think it liked the name change either.
Yay! You started your TR. Sorry about your windshield, but I'm glad it's already been fixed.
Your greenway is beautiful! And I'm glad you're feeling better. Coughs can really linger and be such a pain.
I can't wait to read more.
Your are so right about this cough. I had a better day yesterday and started off well today, and then while we were checking out, I had a coughing fit. Now it's persisting again in disrupting life every few minutes.
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Hooray you started!!!! Glad the glass was replaced easy peasy. Aside from that sounds like a nice easy first day of driving! We took the I-75 route when we drove in December and I loved it! I find Tennessee mountains to be much easier than West Virginia mountains. Still scary but much easier.
I'm looking forward to more!
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Luke and I once took a scenic two lane road through the Smoky Mountains that had me ready to never enter a car again. He, on the other hand, loved every single windy, curvy, steep stretch of road.
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You're off to a great start!! Sorry to hear about the cracked glass but it sounds like the replacement was easy enough. I love the Hidden Mickey's before you even got to WDW!
Your pics of your walk are beautiful as well! I recently hurt myself & I think I may have heel spurs... I don't see the dr till 6/7 but I'm still trying to walk min. 5 miles a day. So painful!
That has to be painful!
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So great you started. I tried catching up on the PTR but was just so far behind. But I'm right here at the beginning for the TR. I have a funny Siri story and her not understanding what we were asking. I was explaining to Evan about different animals and that they have a Genus and Species. he didn't fully understand so I was telling him that dogs are all canines. My niece asks Siri what is the genus species of a beagle. She repeats what in the genesis of a bugle. We all start laughing and then she asks what is the genus species of a German Shepherd . She was laughing so if wasn't really clear and then Siri asks - what is a turd bird? We all just busted out laughing. We immediately had to ask - what is a turd bird. Look it up...Urban dictionary). That had to be 6 months ago and we still laugh about it.
I love the greenery where you walk, it's really pretty! I have 'Feeling Groovy" now playing in my head. I didn't need the words because as soon as I read the title that song popped into my head.
I knew some of us would be very familiar with the lyrics, but just in case, I included them. Still one of my favorite songs from way back when.
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Glad that you are feeling better. Great start to your TR!
on both accounts!
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I was so worried I was going to get too far behind having been on vacation myself. Glad to see I only missed one entry! I'm glad to hear you are safely on your way, but what a bummer about the crack in your windshield. Looking forward to more.
Signing on. Sounds like a good start to your trip (except for the windshield crack). That's my biggest fear about driving down -that something will happen to the car on the way down and it will interfere with my getting to Disney. Well, that and being in the car for 24 hours of drive time . Glad it didn't slow you down and was easily fixed when you got home.
We just paid off my Edge at the end of March, so I was a little fretful that something would happen to it on the trip. This was actually quite a small deal.
Just caught up with your TR. Absolutely love the little tidbits you throw in. Keeps it so "fresh." Also those hidden Mickey's - awesome!
Sorry to hear that you are still coughing. I'm hoping uou do not get the never ending cold/sinus thing I had - just recently (last few days) have stopped coughing. Started 3 days after Easter so it was nearly 8 weeks. Horrid so hopefully that is not what you end up with. I felt great after a couple days except for the cough that just wouldn't quit.
Thank you for sharing the Greenway pics - is it all paved? Our rails to trails is only cinders so whike it is beautiful ot can be a little annoying.
Yay! Signing in (before it gets too far along!). We drive down 75 too and some of those "hills" can get pretty scary - especially with the big trucks right along side! Sounds like a good ride down though.
I may be following your "slow down - you move to fast. Feeling groovy" attitude for our trip in Sept as Chuck is still not completely recovered. Our whole style will be changed.
As always - I'm coming along for the ride and feeling groovy!
YAY - I was so excited when I signed in this morning and found your TR!!! I love the Groovy theme - it's so perfect. The Outback menu for Mother's Day sure looked delicious! So glad that the trip down so far was uneventful with the exception of the cracked windshield. The Greenbelt pictures of where you do your walks look so relaxing and peaceful. I wish we had a nice walking path such as that near our town! Can't wait to read more. Glad to hear that you're feeling better. Hope your cough goes away soon as I know how annoying those coughs can be when they linger.
Great start. You do such a good job of taking notes. I tried once and just couldn't keep up with it.
The trip down didn't seem too back except for the cracked window. Something like that happened to us. I had just gotten a new car . My daughter and I decide to go to the Pittsburgh Zoo. We had just crossed the state line into Pa. when a stone hit my window and cracked it. It was also an easy fix. They sent someone to the house and replaced it.
Your Mother's day meal ant the Outback looked good. All the desserts sounded good. It would be hard to pick one.
I can't wait to read more.
Liz
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Walking is much better with beautiful scenery. This is the first time I've gotten a cold while at WDW, and I'm so thankful it waited until the last day. Still working on ridding myself of that cough. 
That has to be painful! 
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