Our Enchanted Cruise, Part 2

The nice part about sailing from Port Canaveral is that it afforded us the opportunity to spend a little time with the Cotters, and it just so happened that we hit one of the few dead weekends in their busy schedule.

DRIVING
Before I get to that part I should mention that we took advantage of our new driver in the family. Ben drove a significant portion of the trip down to Florida, and he did very well. He was looking forward to that since he only gets to drive on the interstate during rush hour. Our van has a very slight shimmy as you get to 80 MPH so I always knew without looking when he was setting the cruise control a little too fast.

Unfortunately Ben didn’t get too much time behind the wheel on the way home. He drove a short leg in northern Florida but that was all. By the time his turn came up again we were in rush hour traffic for Atlanta. After that it was getting a bit late for him to drive.

Jenna, on the other hand, didn’t drive at all. She chuckles as if she’s gotten away with something.

FAMILY TIME
The Cotter clan is all doing well. As I hinted before, we enjoyed visiting and catching up with each other. We also played a game of Jeopardy that Jim and Chris came up with. The boys also spent a lot of time playing video games together. We knew when something big was going down when they all started yelling from the library in Jim and Dianna’s house.

It was also good to see Aunt Linda and Uncle Bob. They are both doing well. The boys went swimming in their pool while we were at their house but got out quickly because the water was chilly. Even though we have been to Florida several times over the years Nate did not remember Aunt Linda and Uncle Bob’s house as he was an infant the last time he was there.

I don’t think the kids had ever been to First Baptist Orlando as we usually go to church with Jim and Dianna when we visit. They have just finished renovating their sanctuary so it looked a bit different from what I remember. The renovations took a little space away from the sanctuary, but it still has seats for about 4,000.

After church we went to lunch at Johnny’s Fillin’ Station which has excellent hamburgers. It was a pretty day so we ate outside.

Monday morning came and this part of the trip was over all too quickly. Shortly after Jim left for work we headed over to the coast to board our ship, but I’ll save that for the next time. I’m not sure when we will get down there next, but hopefully it will be pretty soon. We’ve been to Disney World twice since visiting Universal Studios.

Joe