Birthday Vacation Day 1 - Orlando

So technically this would actually be day 2 of the vacation, but since day 1 was spent getting to Orlando on the Megabus that doesn't really count.  I do want to say that Megabus is great and cheap way to get around the Eastern US and they seem to slowly expanding to cover more and more of the country.  The internet on it worked great.  You do need to be sure to bring extra layers as it was rather cool on the bus.  But for less than $40 me and my mom got to Orlando and back, and that was with mom in her powerchair.

This day had its ups and downs.  The most enjoyable would be the beach.

The water was too cool to get into it, but it was pretty to look at and just rather relaxing.

The photo of the para-sailing surfer (or whatever they are called) just turned out really well I like think.

I love this picture and it probably my favorite of the day.  I have no idea what the seed pods are, but visually I just like this picture.

 And another pretty flower I saw as we walked back to our hotel after the beach.

These are quite obviously palm trees.  I like palm trees.  They remind me of my childhood from 2-10 when we lived in Florida, actually at one point not far from where we were staying on this day before the cruise.  However this particular photo reminds me of the low point of the trip where I cracked my iPhone screen.   I took this photo on the way to the store to get a few things we had forgotten to pack, and I broke the screen while getting cash at an ATM on the way back. However this then leads me to the happy memory near the end of the trip where my wonderful Aunt took me to the Apple store in Atlanta and got my phone fixed.  So it all turned out fine in the end.

And mostly this day was just a relaxing day my mom and I as we got ready to get a real start on the vacation the next day on the cruise.