The Blue Man Group

On 28 May 08 Jim and I went to see "The Blue Man Group" at Universal Studio in Orlando. It really was a great show!! We had seats on the second row and the first thing they told you was to "put on your poncho as soon as you get to your seat." Every seat in the first several rows was supplied with a poncho, just in case some "unknown material" came your way from the stage. At the end of the show they started hundreds of rolls of crepe paper from the back of the auditorium and it was pulled, hand over hand, from row to row, until it covered the entire audience. It was really funny. I won't tell you everything but if you get the chance to see the show you should do it. Here are a couple pictures. They probably aren't very good because I took them with my cell phone instead of my camera.

Memorial Day 2008

All give some; but some give all!!

Jim and I attended the Memorial Day celebration in Ocala, Florida. It was held in the Vetrans Park, which is just across the street from the Condo. I was very impressed. The people of Ocala are very patriotic. They held a band concert, then laid a wreath to honor all fallen Soldiers and even had a flyover of old World War II planes. It was very nice and I was glad we stopped when we saw all the flags. I have added some other pictures below.

After that moving ceremony, we just turned the car West and programed "State Parks" into the Garmin. We made it to two state parks, Ranbow Springs State Park and Crystal River State Archaeological Site, as well as three antique shops. Let me tell you a little about each park because they were so different.

Rainbow Springs State Park

Rainbow Springs really surprized us in the number of people that were using the park. There were hundreds of people!! The swimming area is a springs, which means that the water is at 72 degrees all year around. That makes the water very cold, even in the summer. All the same....a lot of people were swimming. They also rent canoes to take down the Rainbow River. We are going to do that some time this summer (maybe). The pictures are beautiful but I did see many people who reinforced why I should not wear a bathing suit.

Crystal River State Archaeological Site

Cyrstal River is also a beautiful river but the park is really an archaeological site. We saw pre-Columbian ceremonial sites. It was very interesting and we got to talk to a couple guys fishing. Both had caught fish. The pictures show a boat in the river but shortly after that picture the river "traffic" really picked up and there were at least 12 boats and 10 jet skis on the river at the same time.

Taking Sean to the Circus!!

On Sunday, 4 May, we drove to Alpharette to go with Dawn, David, and Sean to the Shrine Circus. We arrived very shortly before Dawn and Sean got home from Church. We all, with David driving, (because driving in Atlanta takes a special talent) left for the Circus about noon. Dawn had free tickets and this Circus included a carnival with it. It had a lot of rides and games of chance.


Sean really enjoyed watching the Circus (as long as he had his "sword" to play with) for about 20 minutes. Then just sitting in the bleachers got old for him. But he had a ball at the petting zoo. He got to feed goats and sheep. We kept asking Sean if he wanted to ride this or play with that and he always said "No, no!!". Then Grandpa said, "Come on Sean, lets ride the horse", and he shocked all of us when he said, "OK". After he rode the horse he wanted to ride the camel!! Boy, was he a brave boy!!


We all went out for dinner that night and enjoyed each others company. The pictures below are:
1) Sean feeding the goats

2) Sean cleaning up after feeding the goats

3) Sean riding the horse

4) Sean riding the camel

5) Sean at dinner

....as you see Sean was the main attraction.