Author: Walter Echols

  • Forever Florida – Orlando Horeseback Riding and Nature Tours

    Written by Corene Fry The drive out to Forever Florida in St Cloud set the day up to being a change of pace and something far away from the maddening crowd. It is only 30 miles East and approximately 1 hour drive from Disney, but it feels like a journey back in time before theme…

  • A Night for the Senses

    On Tuesday night, I went for a walk on the beach but was not prepared for the intensity of a Palm Cove evening. You can’t see the animals; you can just hear them. You hear them making sounds that usually preclude someone being killed as they foolishly walk alone in a strange land. As I…

  • Characters in Flight…Finally

    On Thursday, while Pete, Teresa, and I were driving home from Disney World, we saw the unmistakable giant yellow Characters in Flight balloon floating in the sky above Downtown Disney so we decided to stop and check it out. Teresa and I bought our $16 tickets and waited for our 10 minute flight 400 ft.…

  • Characters NOT in flight

    Teresa and I arrived at Downtown Disney early on Tuesday to be one of the first “characters in flight” on opening day, but it was not meant to be. Before we made it to the ticket booth, we saw a “closed due to weather” sign that we thought must have been left up from yesterday’s…