Florida Trip

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Day 1  April 8th, 2004

On the first day we traveled from Watertown, SD to Rockport, Missouri.

Day 2 April 9th, 2004

We traveled from Rockport, Missouri to Clarksville, Tennessee. We stopped at Hannibal, Missouri and saw Mark Twain's childhood home. And other museums.

Day 3   April 10th, 2004

Today was just a traveling day. We stopped a few times and took a couple of pictures. On the right is the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville Tennessee. Today we traveled from Clarksville, Tennessee to Tifton, Georgia.

Day 4  April 11th, 2004

Today was the last day of traveling for a while. We went from Tifton, Georgia to Orlando Florida. We had problems finding a campground because the one we picked someone took our spot before we got there, and the office for the campground was closed. So we went and found a nicer campground. The only bad thing is that it was farther away from Orlando than the other campground. Then for the rest of the day we went swimming in the campgrounds pool and hot tub. Then later that night, a friend of my fathers visited us, Gabriel and his wife.

Day 5 April 12th, 2004

Today was just a day to relax from all of the driving and letting the cranky people sleep. Then the rest of the day some went swimming and cleaned up the trailer. We didn't do very much in the morning because it was raining. So the weather didn't help our plans very much. Then later a few of my friends came over for supper from Orlando: Jeff, Caleb, and Fernando. We all had fun talking with each other for the first time in a long time. They had come up to South Dakota once before to work unassigned territory. It was great to see them again.

Day 6  April 13th, 2004

Today we went to Bush Gardens. It is a mixture of a Zoo and a Amusement Park. They had tons of cool rides here my favorite was the Montu. I went on it with Heidi and Crystal, and right when we started to get to the top of the incline the ride stopped and we had to stay up there till they came and restarted it again. So that made it even more suspenseful.

Day 7   April 14th, 2004

Today we went to Epcot witch is a branch of Disney World. In Epcot they have different worlds that you can go to and visit to see what their culture was like. Jens got to get pictures taken with the characters. At the end of the day they have a excellent fireworks display at the end. It was great.

Day 8   April 15th, 2004

Today we slept in and got ready to move to a different campground that is farther northern. It is at Beverly Beach  Campground. We enjoyed our stay at the previous campground. We spent some time on the beach. We have a nice spot to park our camper, and enjoy the view.

Day 9   April 16th, 2004

Today we spent the day on the beach relaxing from the busy schedule. We met and talked with a brother my dad met at bethel when he was there. His name is Jerry Frye and his wife Helen.    My dad took some pictures of the Sunrise.

Day 10   April 17th, 2004

Today we went and visited a alligator farm. and we visited the Kennedy Space Center. Then we went to Cocoa Beach. The beach was very crowded with lots of people so we didn't stay very long.