Robert and Terri Cork had the most wonderful wedding nine years ago. All their nefarious sailing buddies contributed talents and love and the weather was perfect. Micky and Johnnie Poole decided to use their "good Ju-Ju" and steal the date for their wedding. To further reinforce the bond, we share the anniversary/honeymoon trip.
This year it was the Worldwide McDonald's convention.
Along for the ride were Shannon and very pregnant Angie (girl in July) and Ryan and Allison (Just plain fun in shoes !)
Micky and I have heard for years about the "big doings" of a MacConvention and this year we were in Orlando at the same time.
We didn't go to the convention floor, although we were invited. We ahd to drive home to sort out the details of acquiring the Remos, but one year we'd love to see that part too!
We had a great meal in the Shingle Creek Resorts Italian restaurant "Bela Cala". The conversation and camaraderie were much more enticing than the food. Since the food was excellent, you can understand the rest.
Shannon, Ryan, Robert and I just seem to click.
Shannon and I are RockBand Beatles freaks! He even has a full-sized Fender rigged as a game controller and plays through headsets to keep from waking up the neighborhood. He wants me to get the Xbox 360 version so that we can jam over the net. I told him about the "YouRockGuitar" that will eventually arrive, but he's not that interested in "real" guitar music.
The core group (Robert, Terri, Micky and I) went to Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville to buy a hat and eat the best cheeseburgers made. J.D. Spradlen was DJ'ing "Radio Margaritavile" from his booth in the restaurant. We sent up a request to play Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds" (our wedding recessional!). Next thing we're all in the booth sending out the request. We had called Rhonda Hatcher, a true Parrothead, and she was all atwitter when Robert was given the microphone to introduce the song! Robert was full of questions about the digital systems used to queue the show and the radio logging programs. Much has changed since I worked at a station.
We were invited to go to Seaworld with the MacGroup. They do amusement parks right! The park closed at 6 PM and the staff swept all the riff-raff out the front as the busses full of us came in a back entrance. Food,beer, wine and soft drinks in every corner of the park. Most of the rides (all the big ones) were open.
The Dolphin and Pilot whale show is the star attraction now. They have the usual dolphin acts, but also trapeze artists, a trained false killer (pilot) whale, and Macaws that are released in the stadium to fly overhead. A really wonderful show.
The Shamu show is crippled. Since the trainer was killed by "Tilly", that whale is still in the show, but the trainers do not get in the water with them. And there were large awkward gaps that apparently were whales refusing to cooperate and perform. But they had one of the best guitar soloists working on a movable big screen and doing stuff with a Stratocaster that shouldn't happen!
Thanks to Shannon for inviting us along.
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