riding the roller coaster

After a nice air conditioned night, we called AT & T, to have the phone and dsl turned on. no problem, would be done the next day. On the way to Orlando, stopped at Crescent City Gas to discuss the lackof gas. "oh no, you are not on the list of shutoffs, wait, we did shut it off for non payment in June". "whats that, you have been making minimum monthly payments for gas that was not available, sorry". $58.12 later and they will turn it on whenever we can be home. A strong letter will be sent to the highest ranking officer of the company we can find, complaining of this process. Next year we will just shut it off and pay the $50 to turn it back on, 6 months @$8=$48 and on bills to pay against $50. same difference. We went to Kissimmee to join up with Bob and Laverne at their time share condo. Mystic Landing Golf Resort was the location. $145 to play around of golf. The temp was only about 95. The condo was like two huge apartments. Ours was the smaller one, and we had two tvs, a full kitchen, a hot tub in the bedroom. it was rough!.

We went to visit Old Town to walk around. Found a charger/battery for my camcorder so we could take pictures at Busch Gardens, the next day. Problems with my right side hearing aid started. These Italian versions sem to not like the hot, humid weather.

We leaned that the new charger was ok, but the battery was the wrong size, so will have to go back to Old Town in a week or so to exchange batteries

Wednesday, we went to Busch Gardens in Tampa. This was about a 65 mile one trip. We arrived about 10 am and left about 4:30. Temp was about 93. We rode the Rhino Rally, train ride, overhead cable car, and the raft ride. it felt good to get wet . Dennys on the way home and cards at the condo.

Thursday, we went to Seaworld, about 13 miles away. Went to Blue Horizon, Clyde and Seamore, Pets Ahoy, and Shamu. Left about 3PM when rain started. Bob was willing to ride in one of the wheelchairs, but I walked both parks with no major problems.

We left Bob and Laverne about 4:30pm and drove through heavy traffic in Orlando, arriving home about 8:30PM The temp was a mere 85-88 degrees.The phone is on but no dsl yet.

we are slowly catching up ,but more to come. Hang in there.
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