I just can’t resist this point and pray shot.

See ya real soon!

Always sorry to leave, but I know I will be happy to get home to my own bed.

I had a nice afternoon with my family and now I must make the long drive back to Fort Myers. Will pick up a snack on my way out and hop a monorail to the TTC. Hope traffic doesn’t suck!

Or maybe they came FOR dinner!

It rains in the Amazon 365 days a year. That’s almost every day

Pirate parade has occurred – now we await the imminent arrival of the cap’n

Not shells – monsters!

Just passin’ through…

I think I’m about two loads back in the queue.

What a chEARful welcome

Monorail or boat?

The conference is over and now it’s time to play! Going to meet my brother and family for lunch. Guess where? Here’s a clue…..

Good Morning! Taken around 8:00 am today while passing through CityWalk on my way to classes at the Loews Royal Pacific Resort. Weather coolish and breezy. Glad the humidity broke because that might mean running outside later this afternoon.

Just wandering the resort between conference sessions. I found myself near the site of the luau, where stone idols are nestled in the foliage here and there. Yes, I have been to the luau – yes it is fabulous! Great food and fine entertainment, plus the company of good friends all conspired to make it a pleasantly memorable evening *shout out to Joy*

I am attending a techie conference at Loews Royal Pacific but staying off-site. The first day, I had to practically sever a limb to liberate my car from the Royal Pacific parking lot. It occurred to me afterward that what I should do is use my Universal Orlando annual pass to park for free at Universa,l and then walk into the Royal Pacific from CityWalk. So that’s what I’ve been doing. Hey, even if I had to pay to park at Universal, it would still be less than parking at the Royal Pacific. Plus, I get to see how great CityWalk looks in the early morning when there’s hardly anyone around yet . If you look closely at the left of the tower, you’ll see the waning moon.

A stand of bamboo bears the scars of passions past. I wonder how many relationships memorialized this way actually go the distance?

After my run through the Royal Pacific, the skies turned threatening. I went to Pastamore to grab a light dinner, watched It rain and Shazam’d some tunes while I dined at a table just inside the doorway. Felt good to cool off – had it been overcast, I would not have enjoyed that run in the humidity at all! Glad to have had the opportunity to run through a pretty place.

Done with business for the day. Now I am waiting for the water taxi out back of the Pacifica Ballroom convention center at Loews Royal Pacific in Orlando. I plan to go back to the car and get my running clothes, then use the resort running routes to get in some mileage and burn off some of this conference food!

Really just messing around with macros and light while it’s quasi-overcast outside. These orchids have been stuck all over the trunks of the palm trees here in the courtyard. I like sitting here, listening to the fountains.

There are lots of rocks serving as mulch in the center courtyard of the Loews Royal Pacific resort. We are asked to refrain from pitching them into the fountain, lest our friends become frightened

It’s been fun watching the progress of this place as it has been built. I think it came out good and it looks like a lot of fun.

Slash is playing here tonight, so it was a bit busy on my way in. Had a tuna salad at Pastamore. Going to walk around a bit before heading back to the hotel.

On a break from business meetings – not a shabby view of Universal Islands Of Adventure!

It rained in great, monsoon-like waves and. Noww it’s delightfully cool. Busy week ahead of me – gotta get a good night’s sleep. See ya real soon!

Thanks for everything, Mickey dude. You rock

I admit it – I’m monorail-obsessed. Standing beneath the jacaranda trees, breathing deeply of their final fragrant blooms before heading out of the park. I think I will go to Downtown Disney for dinner.

Granted, Cast Members probably take a lot of crap from Guests, but there are aspects of the job that just can’t be beat. Imagine getting paid to blow bubbles. Sweet!

STITCH! Look who I found riding around atop a remote-controlled monorail (he’s rubber-banded to it). The CMs seem To be having lots of fun with this simple but über playful concept of delivering stickers to guests. Loving it!

Random star shaped topiaries near the Camera Center in EPCOT

Great blue heron chillin’ by the lagoon near Odyssey. I am not sure why but he keeps holding his beak open. Maybe herons pant? Will have to look this up!

Passing from the Haitian garden into the Outpost as the Earth floats by.