Wednesday, July 28

Teddy and Rocky woke up about 8:00am Florida time.  Jean was already up and the boys ate breakfast while we waited for others to wake up.  We enjoyed a bloody mary before Jean and I walked to Dollar Tree and Walgreens to get some forgotten items.  When we got back we got ready for the pool! Thom decided to go work out while the rest of us suited up! 

We decided to go to the second pool because there was no one there. Everyone had such a great time! Rocky kept saying "I want Tom!" He did not want to play with me, he wanted to play with Tom because he would throw him up in the air and catch him. The pool temp was absolutely perfect.  After about an hour we decided to head to the main pool because we saved the table.

When we arrived, Jean spotted a baby gator in the pond! They said it has been years since one has been on the property, but they think he came in through the storm drain when there was a big storm. Thom asked the bartender and he said that Florida Wildlife will only remove the alligator once it is 5 feet long! Growing only a foot a year it would take about 4 more years for him to get big enough to be removed so they are trying to catch him and relocate him on their own. Within minutes of being there the clouds rolled in. We ordered food and quickly the storm came rolling in. Thom and Tom waited for the food while the rest of us walked quickly back in the pouring rain.  After everyone dried off we enjoyed lunch and then it was nap time!

After nap time we decided to go to the Congo River Mini Golf Course. They have live gators there. The boys did really well through the first few holes, but then their patience started to wear out. Jean and I took the boys ahead a hole and they got to hit as many times as they wanted before Tom, Cooper and Thom caught up--then we'd move to the next hole.  It was a very neat golf course with many caves and waterfalls. After mini golf we got to feed the gators. We fed them dried chicken off of fishing poles.

Once we finished feeding the gators we went to Bones, a BBQ restaurant. I got a chicken salad which was very good although our service was very slow. We then headed back to the condo to get ready for Disney tomorrow.