Howdy all;
This is naota back with the 3rd installment of my vacation recap. So far Sunday and Monday have been discussed and now it is the third day,Tuesday, July 20th 2010. Now the fun is about to begin.
At 7:00 am I woke up. I cleaned up my sleeping area. The sofa bed was stowed away and the sheets were folded nicely. I did my normal morning routine and left the Timeshare around 7:45 in the morning. I set the GPS on my phone to my Friends Address and Proceeded to drive to Palm Bay/Melbourne Area.
It took me about an hour and a half to arrive safely to my destination. While driving I turned my gps off when I arrived near some familiar land marks. From there my old Florida GPS took over and I was amazed that I remembered so much. But, I was still surprised on how much was changed.
I stopped at Moroii’s house. I knew where his house is automatically because he is living where my Grandmother lived. I arrived promptly after9 am. From there, I started to diagnose his computer to see what the hell was wrong with it. Apparently the video card driver is the culprit to his computer woes.
I uninstalled the drivers and his computer is currently running without problems. The only bad thing is that he won’t be able to render any games and what not. So what I have to do now is check on ebay for some old AGP computer parts so that I can mail it down to him so he can fix it.
After Fixing his computer and trading some magic the gathering cards. I said hello to my Aunt and Uncle and Old Neighbors. Once the fast catching up was done there, moroii and I got the fuck out of dodge. We had some running around to do and not enough time to do it.
The next place we stopped at was the IHOP in Palm Bay Florida. Again, I was able to drive to the location without any Navigation because I knew it was still there. When we arrived at our location, I was surprised to find out the place has not changed in the 10 years that I have been living up in New York.
The next 40 minutes was good. Moroii and I caught up on some things since it has been 8 months since we hung out. We had our breakfast and then left to do some shopping and driving around. We stopped at some various stores. Wizards Walls, Funny Faces and Places (though i don’t know the full name 
) and then the Smokes shop for my mom.
At Wizards Walls and Funny Faces I bought some Magic cards which I was missing from my collection and what not. At the smoke shop I picked up a carton of cigarettes and some lighters. From there we traveled to the Avenues of Viera and We picked up some snacks and supplies for the stay at the time share.
We got Chocoshrooms, Panda Cookies, A 5 liter keg of root beer, a 6 pack of Spaten Bier, and some Ramune. At 2:00pm. This was the time were my vacation fully started and the fun and relaxation finally started for me.
After Visiting the Avenues of Viera, We drove back to Orlando to the Time Share. We made some good time, we arrived around 5:00 pm. Upon arriving, we emptied the car and settled into the time share. While we were our my Aunts Son Chris arrived from Newburgh.( oh well but I guess it couldn’t be helped 
) Anyways, We stood at the time share for about 3 hour, unpacking and swimming for a while. Around 7:30 we left to go to Capone’s dinner Theater.
A Restaurant modeled after a 1920′s Chicago Speak Easy runned by the Notorious Gangster Al Capone. There was a nice Buffet style dinner menu featuring many Italian favorites from turkey, to pasta to bread sticks, soup and salad and oh yeah all the booze you could drink (within Limitation and what was being offered for unlimited).
After dinner there was a Burlesque style show put on with dancers and comedy and everything. That was fine. I loved every minute of it. I had a good time and everything so I can really complain too much about that.
Around 10:30 the dinner was over and we made it back to the time share, Moroii and I lounged around for a while talking and discussing the days events. Basically recapping what had happened. Then around 12:00 midnight we finally hit the hay.
I think I will leave the vacation recap here for now since I just finished the 3rd day of the vacation. There is so much for me to recap and it is 11:30 pm right now. I am tired and I had a busy day as well. I must get going and Good night everyone.
Howdy everyone, Here is the second part of my vacation, also known as part 2 or day 2. I arrived to Florida the day before after a 5 hour delay or so and didn’t fully get in till midnight. After settling down from a long ass day of traveling and jet lag we went to sleep.
Most of us woke up early, Since I didn’t have that much sleep in the fist place on Saturday night into Sunday morning I was sleeping in. My parents were with my Aunt Fran and Uncle Ken (who invited us to come along with them to their Time share) talking about what food that needs to be bought. After about a 20 minute debate Aunt Fran and Uncle Ken left to go get the provisions.
While they were out, I slowly woke up and got dressed and straightened out my living area, which happens to be the living room. After about an hour or so. My Aunt and Uncle arrive with all the groceries. There was mostly beer, and alcohol and some regular food as they call it. But from what I saw it was mostly junk food. Cereals, Chips, and Dips splashed with some cold cuts, some microwable food and what not.
After sitting around eating breakfast, I tried to hop onto the internet using the open wireless the timeshare had. Unfortunately there was a captive portal in place requiring us to pay money to access the internet such as 40 dollars for a week and 10 dollars a day and what Not. I said, “Fuck that shit.” I checked the area for other open hotspots and they were all owned by the resort. Upon further investigation they were all broadcasting on channel 11. 20 hotspots on 1 channel equals bad connection on an already antiquated 802.11B wireless hotspot system.
I decided to pull out my cell phone and turn it into a hotspot using the phone . I was able to connect using a a basic connection similar as being on a a 56K dialup connection. I said, “That is better than nothing. I will use whatever I can find and get.”
After checking some mail, I found out that my friends who live in Palm Bay can’t make the reunion lunch that we have planned at IHOP tomorrow. I replied back regarding the other date I will be back in that area and didn’t get a fast response.
Next, I disconnected from the internet and got changed into my swimming trunks, applied my suntan lotion on the top of my head, my head, arms and legs. (didn’t need to worry about chest and back due to the shirt I usually wear) and decided to swim for a while in the pool.
The water was luscious. It was warm but not to warm, it was the perfect temperature. Crystal clear, and just invigorating. I did my laps, I did my lounging around and I did what ever I wanted to do. I spent around 3 hours in and out of the pool when we were trying to decide what eat for dinner. I Gave the suggestion of Joe’s Crabs Shack because I have seen commercials and I love seafood. Everyone agreed.
Off to Joe’s Crab Shack we went. It was only 10 minutes away on 192. We went there immediately seated and we waited for Aunt Frans and Uncle Kens friends to arrive. I said “Fuck it” I want an appetizer and ordered the sampler and calimari. Both were excellent. An hour passes and no extra in our party. Apparently they went to the other 3 Joe’s in the area since no one bother to tell them that there are 4 in the Orlando area alone.
After that Fiasco, we ordered our meals and we spent another hour and a 1/2 there. We just enjoyed ourselves, The wait staff did mini shows every hour by doing Line Song Dances such as a line dance or a conga line. It was well worth the experience. My mom participated in the Conga line and we have some photos and some video of it. (all the photos will be posted at another time due to some time restrictions right now).
After dinner I bought some souvenirs. I bought a PEACE, LOVE AND CRABS towel, a stuffed crab, and 2 t-shirts. One says “BIT ME” and the other one says “I GOT CRABS” on the front and on the back “AT JOE’s Crab Shack” on the back.
Since dinner was over at this time We headed back to the time share. We just unwound for a while and just decided to relax. I sat at the dinner table writing a nasty email to tech support using my phone as a modem and tried to get some things confirmed for the next day. After our company left the time share, I went to bed at 11 pm. I had to wake up mad early because I was picking my friend up at his house an hour and a half away so that 1) i can fix his computer, 2) we could get something to eat, 3) shop for a while and tour the old stomping grounds for me and 4) take him back up to where i was staying for a mini vacation for him.
So this is where I leave you for my vacation story. 2 days are now completed and there is 6 more days to tell. What will happen and transpire, You don’t know. But I do and I will slowly write down my experiences. I hope you enjoy the reading. Until next time…
Ron is now out.
Hey Everybody,
Naota here bringing you a bit of an update of what has been going on the past couple of weeks or so to what is happening right now. Just as an FYI it has been quite hectic and things seem to be steadying down a bit.
Last week I placed a Pre-order for the M11 Super Combo from Dragons Den. I pre-ordered before the cutoff date so that I can get some of the great goodies. The Pre-order consisted of a Fat Pack, Booster Box, all five 60 card intro decks, a Dragons Den play mat and for those were were lucky enough to receive a limited edition alternate artwork of Birds of Paradise.
Since I pre-ordered this super deal and paid the 180 bucks in full I was entitled to all that. I Was told there was no midnight release set for this set and I could come at opening on Friday, July 16 and pick it up. When I got there to my Surprise there was only the employee’s in the store and 1 patron. I went to pick up my stuff, the lady working at the store was looking for my pre-order and it wasn’t with all the other pre-orders.
She was like “WTF” I was like that too. However, she was able to go and grab the stuff off the shelves, when I asked for the Birds of Paradise card they said we were open at Midnight and they are all out. I was like “WTF MATE, I was told you weren’t doing the Midnight release but now you told me otherwise. I would of picked it up then.” She was apologizing up and down, I complained all the way stating I didn’t get a phone call regarding the status of the pre-order or anything.
But I guess that is how it goes. That was my luck. On the bright Side after opening up everything and buying another fact pack, I was able to get 225 out of 249 Cards and 5 out of 6 boosters. Not to shabby if I must say So myself.
I worked my Friday and Saturday Shift and Came home. I finished packing and getting some last minute things done like packing, cleaning and what not.
At 7 Am on Sunday the 18th I woke up, got dressed and finished the last minute preparations. I packed the car and we left to Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown PA. We went through all the security checkpoints and then we proceeded to wait.
Our flight was delayed by 5.5 hours because of mechanical problems. our 1:50 flight was now 7:00 flight. we didn’t get to Orlando till about 9 pm. By the time we left the airport and got to the time share was till 12 midnight.
What a trying trip. It was my first time on a plane and it was alright. I didn’t have any issues except for take off. Other than that I can’t complain to much. It was decent enough and I didn’t have to worry about a 20 hour drive.
The only bad part of trip on the plane was feeling like a whale in a sardine can. I was stuck in the middle between my mom and dad. I was majorly tight. But I cant complaint too much.
It is now Monday, I have had a good nights sleep, and it now time for me to rest and relax. I will try to keep you all posted.
By everyone.
Hello everyone this is the final part of my camping trip story. hope you enjoy it and here we go.
I woke up around seven o’clock in the morning on Saturday. I heard rustling outside of my tent. Upon further investigation I found out that it was rich preparing to barbecue grill. He woke up shortly before I did and decided to get ready for breakfast. While Rich was getting the grill ready I was cleaning up the inside of my tent. After getting out of my tent I started to pack up my car.
After the car was packed I started to tear down my tent. Rich follows suit as well. In about 20 minutes or so my tent was fully packed away in my car. It took Rich a little while longer to take down his tent. Around eight o’clock it started to rain. While I was cooking Rich was inside his tent cleaning up. After a while Rich took the boats back to the docks. While he was doing that task I was cooking me left over sausage and the new eggs. I was finished cooking by the time rich got back to the campsite.
After eating our breakfast in the rain rick finally finished taking down his tent. It took us around an hour or so to fully clean up the campsite and make sure that everything was clean. I met up with rich by the rental office. We dropped off the life vests and checked out. After checking out I said goodbye to Rich and Danielle. Then I proceeded to drive home. It took me about an hour and a half to get home taking the Northway and Thruway down to Newburgh. I did the drive all in one sitting.
The drive wasn’t that bad. The rain made the trip a little bit interesting. At some point in time the rain was so heavy it was hard to see in front of you. But nevertheless I was able to make it home safe and sound. I unloaded several items from my cars such as the cooler and my clothes. I left most of the camping gear in the car to be unloaded over the next few days. I cleaned out the cooler and made sure that everything was put away as far as leftover food was concerned.
I enjoyed the trip. It was an overall good time. I cannot wait to take my next camping trip. I felt so relaxed and enjoyed myself for most of the time. I never thought camping would be so much fun. It was nice to get away and to enjoy some time away from the normal routine.
I’ve already spoken to Rich and next year whether to make the same trip again. Rich will reserve the same campsite and maybe next year I may have the motorcycle with sidecar. That trip will be fun as well even if I don’t have that motorcycle. I do look forward to enjoying another weekend camping.
The upstate New York region is a great place to go camping and enjoy other outdoor activities. I highly recommend that if you do go camping you should consider the Lake George area. For now that is the end of my camping trip story. I do know that it took a while longer to write this last part out. I do apologize and delay, however, there was a lot of stuff going on that need to be tended to. I hope you all enjoyed the story and have a great evening.
Happy Fourth of July from myself do you enjoy our nation’s birthday.
Goodnight everyone.