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Love the shopping carts photo! That's totally the kind of weird things I take photos of too (I took a photo of my feet in the sand at the beach once...)
What a strange stream of events at AK that morning, very odd. Your lunch and afternoon break sounded very nice though!!
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OK, I looked but I couldn't find it on my trip. Where, oh where, can I find an Italian Margarita on my next visit? I need to find out if it can rival the Grey Goose! It's France vs. Italy, man!
Love the pictures and look forward to seeing more!
Great update! to hear your blister was affecting your touring. Hope the tumble monkeys were just taking a break and not removed from the FOTLK. That would be a tragedy! We them!
I think I may have more information on those shopping carts, that may make you love them even more! They have a mechanism in them, that makes the wheels lock. We discovered this in our new Super Target, when we came too close the entrance that emptied into the mall. Our wheels locked up and we couldn't move the cart at all until an employee explained what happened. He also told us that the carts are made to lock not only to prevent theft, but in the parking lot to prevent them from 'running away' Around the perimeter of the parking lot are strips (you can see a shopping cart painted on the strip- kind of like a no smoking symbol). The wheels lock up there too, so the carts don't go running throughout the entire mall's parking lot. Pretty interesting useless information, huh?
Sounds like you had a fun time at DTD. Well, except for the ice turds! Looking forward to more
Is trying to out nerd you a challenge? Because I think you have some tough competition with me and Zack, and if we can't do it there's always the door salesman in his Hannah Montana gear! I love how you have all of your trips stacked up, Sha! Especially because there's guaranteed trip report reading pleasure for me to get me through the next 50 days until my next trip. Can't wait to read more!
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wow they are really are ice turds
I am cracking up at the shopping cart pic, those are some funky looking carts, our targets DO NOT look that space age ...
so KS was down because an animal was in the way weeeiiirrddd lol
Well, at least you have proof of the ice turds and I do agree with you. Now I am going to be on the lookout for ice turds on my trip next month! Sounds like a good morning at AK except for your blister problem but I am glad that you thought to go to Target and get some flip flops there.
The food at Wolfgang's looks great. It is beginning to be a must do for us. Love that creme brulee!
Sorry that your blister was still bothering you, but glad the cozy socks helped it heal a bit and that you found some flip flops for the rest of the trip. AK seemed to be having some problems that morning, hopefully you will be able to catch the safari at another time this trip. I love the FOTLK, that is my favorite show...it just is so exciting and moving and the colors...this is definitely one of those shows I can watch over and over.
Your lunch over at WPE looked delicious, DD loves this place, she has fallen in love with the Mediterrian Vegetable Sandwich so I trip there in August is definitely on the list. Love the pictures of the Lego City scenes...can't wait to hear more of your evening at MK.
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So glad that you cushy socks protected your blister but sore feet can be tough to take. So glad you found some shoes that wouldn't clash with your outfit.
So that's ice turds...I think I've seen those before.
What a great bunch of photos this update, Sha! All of them are just so bright and sunny and clear . . . . Sigh. 2 more years. Maybe I can convince Danny to let me go next year. . . . . Anyone want to join me??? Can't wait to hear about your evening in the MK.
Okay, that pizza made my PB&J that I was eating while reading your tr taste like dirt. As my girls like to say "No fair!"
And although shopping carts normally do not do anything for me, I was very intrigued by the new Target ones and can only hope that my local one gets a shipment of those soon!
Is trying to out nerd you a challenge? Because I think you have some tough competition with me and Zack, and if we can't do it there's always the door salesman in his Hannah Montana gear!
Love the shopping carts photo! That's totally the kind of weird things I take photos of too (I took a photo of my feet in the sand at the beach once...)
What a strange stream of events at AK that morning, very odd. Your lunch and afternoon break sounded very nice though!!
I've been trying to take unusual pictures (like your feet-in-the-sand pic) lately. I think they're visually interesting and it makes me feel like a photographer and junk.
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Hope your foot is all better now. You've got too much travel ahead of you to have complications with your feet!
Thanks for the updates, keep 'em coming!
I'm happy to say my foot is completely healed and ready to be put to the test!
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OK, I looked but I couldn't find it on my trip. Where, oh where, can I find an Italian Margarita on my next visit? I need to find out if it can rival the Grey Goose! It's France vs. Italy, man!
Love the pictures and look forward to seeing more!
The Italian margaritas are available at the little kiosk that sells pastries and stuff. It's the one next to the little donkey pulling the cart of flowers, kind of between Italy and Germany.
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Great update! to hear your blister was affecting your touring. Hope the tumble monkeys were just taking a break and not removed from the FOTLK. That would be a tragedy! We them!
I think I may have more information on those shopping carts, that may make you love them even more! They have a mechanism in them, that makes the wheels lock. We discovered this in our new Super Target, when we came too close the entrance that emptied into the mall. Our wheels locked up and we couldn't move the cart at all until an employee explained what happened. He also told us that the carts are made to lock not only to prevent theft, but in the parking lot to prevent them from 'running away' Around the perimeter of the parking lot are strips (you can see a shopping cart painted on the strip- kind of like a no smoking symbol). The wheels lock up there too, so the carts don't go running throughout the entire mall's parking lot. Pretty interesting useless information, huh?
Sounds like you had a fun time at DTD. Well, except for the ice turds! Looking forward to more
Dyan, are you trying to out-nerd me? Seriously, that's interesting info about the carts. I hope we get smart carts in my Target!
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Is trying to out nerd you a challenge? Because I think you have some tough competition with me and Zack, and if we can't do it there's always the door salesman in his Hannah Montana gear! I love how you have all of your trips stacked up, Sha! Especially because there's guaranteed trip report reading pleasure for me to get me through the next 50 days until my next trip. Can't wait to read more!
So if (when) I am declared the nerdiest, does that make me the winner or the loser? 50 days?!?! How can that be? But I'm glad!
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wow they are really are ice turds
I am cracking up at the shopping cart pic, those are some funky looking carts, our targets DO NOT look that space age ...
so KS was down because an animal was in the way weeeiiirrddd lol
I think they're made without any metal in them because of all the lightning in Orlando (I recently heard that Orlando is the lightning ground-strike capital of the U.S.) Either that or the metal gets too hot in the blazing sun. But maybe every cart is made that way now. And KS being down was proof that I was in bizarro world that day.
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What a great bunch of photos this update, Sha! All of them are just so bright and sunny and clear . . . . Sigh. 2 more years. Maybe I can convince Danny to let me go next year. . . . . Anyone want to join me??? Can't wait to hear about your evening in the MK.
Is somebody twisting my arm?
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Okay, that pizza made my PB&J that I was eating while reading your tr taste like dirt. As my girls like to say "No fair!"
And although shopping carts normally do not do anything for me, I was very intrigued by the new Target ones and can only hope that my local one gets a shipment of those soon!
Jill
Doesn't that pizza look yummy? It made me go out and get one for lunch (which was almost as good, so sorry you had to suffer with PB&J) and now suddenly I want PB&J
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to hear your blister was affecting your touring. 
Hope the tumble monkeys were just taking a break and not removed from the FOTLK. That would be a tragedy! We 
them! 
I love how you have all of your trips stacked up, Sha! Especially because there's guaranteed trip report reading pleasure for me to get me through the next 50 days until my next trip. Can't wait to read more!
weeeiiirrddd lol
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Can't wait to hear about your evening in the MK. 
As my girls like to say "No fair!"
50 days?!?! How can that be? 
But I'm glad! 
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