Brenda and Harlan's Trip Blog

We left the south side of Atlanta around 10:15 and decided to catch breakfast on the road. Brenda hopes she has seen I-85 and I-75 in Georgia for the last time (crowded, construction, and not real scenic). Around mile-mark 100 the GPS gizmo said there was a Perkins just east of the highway so we searched for it. Much new construction and no Perkins. We ate at Shoney’s and it was pretty bad. On the way from the gone Perkins to Shoneys we noticed a TJCinnamon (or something). Therefore, after the lousy breakfast we decided to try the cinnamon stuff. The iced buns looked old and gross, the pecan ones looked scary, so we got the “twists” and were impressed by their high cost and poor taste! Now we know.

Getting back on the 75 south, we passed a billboard that advertised “Visit the Crime and Punishment Musem! Eat at the Last Meal Cafe! Take exit NNN and head toward the Chamber of Commerce”. Harlan was disappointed that he could not get a picture of this billboard.

Brenda was pleased that I-75 looked much better after we crossed into Florida. We started seeing signs about how we could save money on “attractions” in Orlando, so Brenda first called our hotel to see what they had. After she stopped choking with laughter at the prices of the tickets and learned we could save money by attending a sales pitch at a timeshare (visions of the similar South Park episode went thru our heads) we stopped off at the “Orlando Visitors Bureau” located conveniently inside a Chevron station. There we learned several things, including that they are also a “front group” for a timeshare that would give us about $45 off of each of our 1-day tickets if we agreed to show up at 7:30am for a breakfast buffet and a 90 minute sales pitch. We considered and declined.

We did make good time, however, and made it to the hotel around 7pm. Being ravenous, we took the disney literature and the recommendation of the “Guest Services” person (who is pitching for yet another timeshare) and ate at a seafood restaurant about 3 miles away. The prices were high and the food was just OK.

It’s really strange going from places where we are the only ones there to a place where it is the height of the busy season.

That’s about all we can remember at the moment – we’re Tired and are still deciding if we’re gonna stay here for 2 or 3 days, or maybe even 1. The good news is we can apparently buy multi-day passes at Disneyworld and what we don’t use we can sell on Ebay.

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