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  • Photos are down

    I’m running into a problem with wordpress and NextGen Gallery, which is what I was using for publish photos so I’ve had to turn it off while I figure out how to fix it. NextGen Gallery used to be great, but since the original developer sold it, every update seems to break something and I’ll […]

    September 5, 2014
  • 2014 May 17 – Conway

    Here’s the photos from conway with the family.  If anyone wants full size copies of any of the pictures, just drop me a message and I’ll email them to you.

    May 18, 2014
  • 2013 June 14 – SeaWorld

    On our last day this trip, we stopped by SeaWorld to check out the new Penguin exhibit.  Since we were leaving the park and driving home straight from here we didn’t wait in line for the ride, but instead walked around the area and checked out all the other things that had been added.  the […]

    June 26, 2013
  • 2013 June 12 & 13 – Celebration and Bohemian Hotel

    Lastly, we stayed in the town of Celebration, which reminds me a lot of Mt Pleasant years ago before it got too many residents.  It has a nice small town feel, we ate at the 50’s style diner and generally enjoyed just walking around looking at the shops. That being said, we clearly stood out […]

    June 19, 2013
  • 2013 June 11 – Busch Gardens and Clearwater Beach

    These are pictures from day two of our trip to Busch Gardens.  Lots of tiger photos in here since they were being happy playful kitty cats and staying out where you could get good photos of them. We stayed in a hotel at Clearwater beach, which is right on the gulf, so we had to […]

    June 19, 2013
  • 2013 June 10 – Busch Gardens

    Our day started off with a trip to Tampa to visit Busch Gardens.  We haven’t been here since 2011, so I was looking forward to the visit.  They haven’t added anything big since we were last here, so it was just a chance to walk around and look at all the animals. After we spent […]

    June 19, 2013
  • 2013 June 9 – Universal Studios

    we were coming to Orlando for a conference, so we came down a couple of days early to catch the new transformers ride at Universal since it’s already open. Since it was Charlene’s birthday, we went to the Churrascaria Brazilian steakhouse at citywalk.  We’ve never been there before and it was an awesome meal.  Basically, […]

    June 17, 2013
  • 2013 May 4 – Hollywood Studios

    We came to Hollywood Studios to catch the ‘May the fourth be with you’ event with all of the Star Wars hoopla that came along with it. We spent most of our time this day in line for the commemorative shirts since Disney in their infinite wisdom had all of 3 cash registers to ring […]

    May 4, 2013
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