Okay, back to the story…….we drove over to my brother’s and his wife’s house on Tuesday late in the morning. Quincy had a lot of fun observing their 2 cats although the one cat was none too pleased that Quincy was there – he hissed a lot if Quincy got too close. No blood was drawn and they eventually parted on terms where they allowed each other to peacefully coexist.
For supper on Tuesday evening we went to Disney’s Polynesian Resort for dinner and a show. We weren’t sure how Quincy would do with that, but we were game to give it a try. Surprisingly, he ate like a pig and enjoyed a good bit of the performance. Without a doubt, his favorite part of the day was the Samoan fire twirler dude. That guy was good -scary good. We got him good and tuckered out that day and he slept great that night – pretty much like he did every night on the trip.
I forgot to mention that my brother is a farmer – or at least as much of a farmer as can come out of our family. He’s always like playing in the dirt with roses and other such things. Well, now he’s in his element because he has some land with citrus trees. If that wasn’t enough, he’s going to be planting other fruits and vegetables as well. So, one of the highlights of the trip was all the fresh oranges and grapefruits we eat/drink! With the new addition of the lemon and lime trees, he’ll be canning Sprite in the not-to-distant future.
Wednesday was another Disney day for us. We figured that Quincy would really like the Animal Kingdom and decided it would be worth it to drag him there. 🙂 For those of you pooh-poohing us for wasting the money on a not yet 1.5 year old – fear not – when your brother and his wife work for Disney, you don’t pay to get in. It was well worth it, because Quincy really enjoyed seeing the animals on the safari and in the other places around the Kingdom. He got to see hippos, gorillas, elephants, giraffes, birds, and lots of fish and other mammals. Quincy probably could have stayed there all day, but we wanted to keep moving. We also went to the petting zoo they have and that was fun for him. He got to pet goats, sheep and a big cow. I believe I posted some photos about that……
Thursday was a free day for us since both our hosts had to work for the Mouse that day. We decided to drive over to Downtown Disney to shop and walk along the water that is there. Quincy enjoyed playing outside the lego store with the legos they have for kids to use. We picked a couple more Duplo kits – more for us to play with really. 🙂 The part of the day that backfired on us was dinner. Quincy really enjoyed watching the parrots outside the Rainforest Cafe. It was right around supper and it wasn’t very crowded yet, so we figured that Quincy would really like it. Whoops. We figured wrong.
We were originally seated by some gorillas – gorillas that went crazy every 5 minutes or so – and not quietly either. Quincy did not like that one bit – he cried so much we had to move somewhere else. The next location was away from the gorillas but sort of near some elephants. Quite ones you ask? Of course not. He was less scared of those, but then every 15 minutes or so a huge thunderstorm would occur. Oy. It was ugly. We got out of there as fast as we could. I can’t even remember if the food was good….
Friday was travel day. I’ll not go into much detail, but Quincy was more of a handful on the return trip. We landed in NH and then had to drive the 4 hours home. He did well with that part of the trip – just glad to be off the plane I suppose. I would say it took him a good 3 or 4 days to get back to his normal routine.
So, all in all, we had a very fun and enjoyable trip to Florida and we won’t be flying with Quincy again anytime soon. I’m sure I left out some stuff from the trip, but this post was long overdue. We’re supposed to get more snow tomorrow, so I might have something about that and the upcoming weekend. I’ll give you a little tease: ice fishing.