Bye to Disney World (no pictures)

Hi All:
I've got to try and get some new pictures on soon, but I forgot my camera tonight.
Tomorrow we plan to head further South in Florida.  From Miami this Sunday, we'll be setting sail in the Caribbean for 5 nights.  The cruise has day long stops in Grand Cayman and Cozumel.  We are very excited and looking forward to the experience.
Sunday was quite the experience.  We went to a full on word faith church called the Master's Touch International Church.  The whole production was televised somewhere I guess with all the cameras boogying around.  I was really happy to be able to look at my bible and expose the lies that were being mixed in with the truth.  I was also really glad that none in my family were sucked in.  We all just know there was something not right about what was being taught.  We thought we were just going to a mainline evangelical church, but we were mistaken.
Disney is a really fun place for families to hang out, but if we had to choose, this family would take the beach.  Still we had a lot of fun at the parks and we even went a 7th day so Tori and I could do the American Idol experience auditions.  Tori was really nervous, so she didn't get to go on.  I got to perform, but I lost, but it was lots of fun.
All of us are enjoying our time.  We are missing family and friends, but we are happy to be where it's about  24 - 28 C everyday!  We hope all is well with you and your families too.
That's all for now.
Mr. H.

Some Disney Fun

Day 1 at Hollywood Studios

 The lady on the left asked if it was ok for her to be in the picture with James.  We said as long as she stayed off to the side.

Mr. Covey never told us he'd be here at the same time as us.HEE HEE

Red eye reduction.Very important after 10 hours

Disney Day 2 at the Magic Kingdom

The view arriving by boat.

 Dangerous drivers!

 The view 1 second before plummeting on Splash Mountain.

 Favourite rides for our family are Splash Mountain and Rockin' Roller Coaster.
Favourite Show:  Beauty and the Beast live production.
Favourite occurrence for Mrs. H. and I: watching our children take the arm of another mom or dad in the crowd.  We're trying to figure out how to get the whole thing on video.

Romance.

Main St. USA.

The view leaving by boat.

Travelling to Florida

After leaving WV we stopped overnight in N. Carolina, then South Carolina, then Georgia, and finally at Daytona Beach, Florida.  We have finally reached the warmth we've been looking forward to for 

months.

 Being the only family on a rice plantation tour in Georgia, we got some special treatment.

Janna's little friend

A Live Oak with lots of Spanish Moss. 

 At Daytona Beach the waves rode us.

Nice bald head.

 This guy was a pretty good fisherman.

You can park right on the beach all day for $5.  I think you never quite get all the sand out of your vehicle.....................Ever!

We went for a sunrise run at Daytona.

This couple didn't seem to mind having their picture taken.

 Just making sure those seagulls can still fly.

Disney is next!

DC sights

We all made one trip to DC.  Janna got to play with Hanna all day Saturday, and Tori James and I went for a third time into the city for a few more sights and to witness the Wizards first win of the season.

hummdinger

 They asked us to pass some new laws today, but we declined.

Library of Congress

The Washington Monument

It's late.  What can I say.

One cool art piece was called Tim Horton Man. 

James nearly starved using chop sticks.

 Overtime after a 3 pt buzzer beater to tie...

Wizards beat 76ers by 1 tonight.Janna and Hanna are great friends.

Janna's birthday

Oh yah.  Tori got to ride on Janna's birthday.

 Pin the tail on the mouth.

Saying goodbye to good friends.

DC and West Virginia hospitality

We met the some wonderful people in Montreal, who asked if we were planning to see DC.  They invited us to stay at their place as long as we would like. They have a tennis court and neighbours with horses so this was not a hard sell for any of us.  They also connected us up with a half price camping club plus camping by donation at catholic church sites in Quebec.  All of this was nothing compared to how they took us in and treated us like family.
     On the way to WV we saw sights.

A row of Excursions at Gettysburg.

This is the scene of an important Union victory in the Civil War, followed 4 months later by Abraham Lincoln's speech, which is the most famous presidential address ever given.

 We continued on and passed over the Shanendoah River into the Blue Ridge Mountains.  We learned a little John Denver to mark the occasion.

Looking back at Pennsylvania.

On the WV. side of the river.

 Life at the Edgar's

picking up 30 balls can be fun.

 Anyone want to buy a 10 acre lot in the Smoke Hole area?  What a place to play.

HOLD ON! She's gonna roll!

 Lots of deer in these hills, but only one fish and he wasn't hungry.

 The mountain folk were not on any side but their own during the Civil War.  They would attack Confederates or Union soldiers to keep them out of their mountains.

The name's Bond..... Tori Bond.

These guys are serious about fun.