Merry Christmas- a little late

 

Kelsey came down the week before Christmas for a visit. We thoroughly enjoyed her visit and managed to get in a few touristy things.

We went over to Universal for a day to check out the Harry Potter stuff at the park. The new ride was pretty cool but the crowds were ridiculous. The lines to get into the stores in Harry Potter land were over an hour long and when we went to leave the park at around 10:00 AM they warned us that if we left we needed  to get a ticket to get in line to get back into that section of the park (fortunately we got there at 8:00 AM when the park opened). One of the souvenirs I picked up at Universal was a magic wand (it was a gift for my favorite daughter) and since I got it I have been receiving non-stop grief over paying good (big) money for “a stick, a dumb ol stick”. If that magic wand worked, I'd turn them both into toads just to teach them a lesson.

 

While we were there we also took in a Blue Man Group show. I would highly recommend this show to anyone heading that way. We all thoroughly enjoyed the show and spent a lot of time laughing at the routines.

Kelsey didn't get to kayak with the manatees but we did enjoy a nice day on the Rainbow River paddling on the crystal clear water (there were lots of people snorkeling and SCUBA diving), enjoying the weather and spending time with Kelsey and our good friends John and Rosie. I felt a little sorry for Kelsey though, (no not really) Rosie and I tied off to Kelsey's kayak and made her tow us back to the dock, about a mile or so. She only whined a little bit about sore shoulders the next day so I guess it couldn't have been too bad. 

Santa brought me a new kayak (it arrived a little early though) and I can't wait for enough warm weather to really break it in. The weather here has been pretty cold so far and we have only managed to get on the water a few times. Kelsey has more time paddling it than I do but I'm sure that will change soon and we will once again be playing on the water (Santa is still looking for a kayak for the boss, she's not sure what she wants).