How to Spend a Week in Orlando

We arrived. We arrived safely. We arrived after 3 days of driving. So, how did we spend the following week? We got back in the truck and drove around some more! We ended up staying Southwest of Orlando in a town called Davenport. Unfortunately, the houses in which we were most interested were on the Northeast side of Orlando -- an hour drive. So, every day we packed up the girls, gathered up teddy bears and snacks, and drove around the town looking at houses. We finally found a house, filled out the applications, and we are waiting to hear back from them.

How did we celebrate? We stuffed all our clothes back in our bags, stuffed all our bags back in our truck, and stuffed all of us back in the cab for another road trip to the Pensacola area for some classes.


However, today, we had a different strategy! We woke up at 3:00 a.m., and we hit the road by 3:45. We were afraid the plan was not going to work as designed when both girls were awake and chatty at first, but they both settled back into peaceful slumber -- for another 3 hours! We didn't dare stop the truck until they woke up, which was just in time for a much needed bathroom break.
When we checked into our Holiday Inn Express at 10 a.m., they were very nice. They had a room ready, and they even upgraded us to a suite! SCORE!!!

Now, Mark can attend his classes while Courtney and the girls enjoy the beach, sun, shopping, and pool! Hopefully, we will have a nice house waiting for us when we return to Orlando.


The new pics are on our phones, which will be uploaded as soon as we learn how! Until then, enjoy these.