Out trip down to Sarasota was much like any of the others. Taking Interstate 10 East to Interstate 75 we got off at Wesley Chapel and joined a fellow RV'er from our club at "The Begining Points" RV Park. Dinner later with all of the gang was at "Cody's Steak House " in Wesley Chapel. What an experience that was. We had a "stack" of deep fried onions and some of the largest "Back Ribs we've ever eaten. Delicious was the description.
We caravan-ed the rest of the way to Sarasota so we would be able to park alongside each other when we got there. That makes it easier to socialize when at day's end. The weather was rainy when we arrived but cleared up for the rally and was beautiful except for the temperature. Chilly for Florida. It lingered in the low to mid sixties the entire time. Nights called for a blanket. Better than up North though. They are experiencing below zero temps and lots of snow on top of what they already had.
We replaced the satellite dish system to a Winegard and Direct TV system. The installed King-Dome Satellite System just had too many interface problems with DISH TV and we were tired of it. The system works as advertised and what a nice relief it is. Everything is automatic as soon as you turn it on. No more trying to manually find the satellite and get it tuned in. Turn it on and it takes over.
Leaving there we decided to make a stop near Walt Disney World and do a little "tourist" visiting. Epcot was the choice of destination. Tickets were $100 each. We failed to stop at a visitors center and buy discount tickets. Oh well! We couldn't believe the crowd until it struck us that the day was a holiday--All Presidents Day.There were thousands of children and of course the thousands of people from other countries. The amount of time waiting in line was horrendous. One took two hours. After that we learned how to just cut in and act like a tourist.
There has been a lot added since the last time either of us were here. I last visited in 1975 when I brought my family down while I attended a conference with Martin Marietta Corporation-a defense contract company that makes one of our deadly air launched guided missiles.(Tomahawk). Anita's last visit was about 8 years ago.
Some of the attractions haven't changed since last visit. "Living with the Land" project was the same but updated. It's an interesting tour of how the scientist are developing alternate ways to grow and produce crops. We enjoyed the movie presentation of China with the surround screens. That type of movie has always fascinated me. The Chinese Acrobats, "Jeweled Dragon Acrobats" were quite good and enjoyable as was the "Voices of Liberty"--- Acapella Singing group.
As always we met a young lady and promised we would post her photo on the blog. Say hello to Shanshan Cui.from Zheng Zhou. She was an usher at the Chinese Exibit.and a very friendly young lady.
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