Florida Trip

Jennifer and I left for our girls trip to Orlando Florida this morning.  We planned this trip to coincide with her birthday.  We have plans to do the whole tourist thing, Sea World, Disney World and Wild Animal Kingdom Park.  That will take care of three days and then we will decide what to do with our remaining time.

Jennifer spent the night with us because we had to be at the Billings Airport by 6:00 am.  This time we are flying on United Airlines with a layover in Denver just under an hour.

Gary took us to the airport and it was very cold 5 below zero when we left.  Sunny Florida is looking good.  We got dropped off and made it through security without any problems.  Found our gate then we got a cinnamon roll and coffee for breakfast.

Our flight was on time, I was a bit worried with the short layover in Denver.  When we landed in Denver and got off the plane, we just had time to find our next gate and board the plane.  We got there in time.  Our flight to Orlando served food but you had to pay, we skipped this.  So much for thinking that we would get a small package of pretzels or something.  Not on United, all we got complementary was our soft drinks.  At least they gave you the option of keeping the whole can.

By the time we landed in Orlando we were starving.  The weather was cloudy and the forecast called for rain later in the night and on Saturday.

We arrived at our condo.  We stayed at the Hilton Grand Vacations Club at Sea World which was right across the street from Sea World.  We were so tired and hungry that we got checked in.  We rented a studio condo as it took less points than a two bedroom.  It was just a glorified hotel room, had a small fridge, a micro wave and a bar sink.  So we ate out for meals.  All of our breakfasts were at the coffee shop where we had muffins and coffee pool side.  Very nice.

The rest of our day here was checking out what was available here.  We ate supper at the pool side bar and grill.  As luck would have it we hit happy hour.  We each had a drink then we shared chips with queso dip and a pizza.  It was all very good.

Since this resort is across the street from Sea World we stopped at the visitors desk, there we got a fast pass for rides at Sea World.  They were free for us.  We had bought our admission tickets in advance.

The rest of the day was just relaxing.  Have a busy day for tomorrow, Jennifer's birthday.

Here are some photos of our condo.