4th of July 2009 “Independence day”

Today spirits are high in America and you can feel the patriotism in the air, although there are a lot of budget cuts and the fireworks did not sell as well this year according to the news, people will always celebrate this day. We celebrated by having a braai and then we found the highlight in Kissimmee, a Fireworks show and independence day celebration at Lakefront Park.

Here 35000 people flock to the festival to watch the half hour of spectacular fireworks. At the festival there were exhibits fro the Marines, National guard and many more as well as live bands performing. My personal favourite was when they played “Sweet Home Alabama”. Made even me feel patriotic as an outsider.

02 & 03 July 2009 Kissimmee FL

 

We are now staying in the Home Suite Home  Suites at a bargain rate of $129 per week and with the savings we will buy some thrill tickets for 6 Disney resorts that is valid for 14 days. With Michi the adrenalin junky we will have to tackle all the wildest rides. And in the deal as well is all the water parks for Michelle and Sven, but the future pictures will tell the story. Only drawback here is no Internet in the room, only in the lobby. This is situated just outside Orlando at the Gates to Disney world.

01 July 2009 From Hilton Head Island to Orlando FL

 

Today we tackle the last part of our trip to make our journey full circle. This is where we started of in March this year and 20000 miles later we are back. We decided to spend the last month here to find a business and to finalise everything. We also decided to stay ultra low budget and use the savings to buy a 14 day thrill ticket for 6 of the adventure and water parks in Orlando. The last part of the trip took us down the East coast of Florida, past Amelia Island and Daytona Beach.

From here we will also explore the Keys and Fort Lauderdale etc.

30 June 2009 Hilton Head Island SC

 

Hilton Head looked great on Google Earth and the pictures in the advert also portrayed a place with white beaches. Although when we entered on the only road in over the bridge we immediately saw that this was a playground of the more rich folks. Mercedes, Porsches and other luxury vehicles were all around. Luckily we booked on the phone, so we got a good deal, but not as it looked in the pictures. (i.e no beach) We were on one of the five golf courses on the Island, a mere mile from the beaches. We arrived late, so we only went to see what the beaches looked like before leaving on the next 8 hour stint to our final destination for a while, Orlando Florida.