Vacation Day 9

Well, this will be the last official full day of our vacation. (tomorrow we fly home). We went to Sea World Orlando today. It was a WONDERFUL time had by all. It is unbelieveable what they can get whales, dolphins, seals, walrus', etc. to do. I will put in a couple of videos so you can get an idea. Here are some photos too.

A saw fish flying over our heads, there was a walk through aquarium
Ralph and I waiting for the Shamu show to start

The girls at Sea World, not sure if they are ready for our vacation to end

Vacation Day 8 part 2

The second half of day eight was spent at Disney World Hollywood Studios. It was very interesting, especially for Ralph who likes all the behind the scenes "stuff". We saw how they did some of the stunts for Indiana Jones, we went to a sound studio, we took a tour of the back lot and saw some of the props and experienced an earthquake and flood, we went on a Star Wars ride, among other things. Here are a few photos of our experience.

The girls and I at the Indiana Jones part

A fire starts here (I think it is hard to see though) in the back lot because of an earthquake (the tram we are on is shaking and feeling like it is going to fall of the tracks)
Here is the flooding caused by the earthquake breaking water mains (Ralph was getting wet, at least he was able to keep the camera dry)

One of the space craft from Star Wars

A miniature of the New York skyline

Vacation Day 8 part 1

We started day eight at the GatorLand park. You read it right, they have an alligator park in Florida. It was, shall we say, VERY interesting. We watched some gator wrestling, feeding frenzies, and people having tarantula's and snakes put in their hands unexpectedly. Here are some photos and a short video clip.

Here we are at the opening to the park

Here is Ralph saving the girls from the "killer" gator

This guy was really keeping an eye on us

A sign by an area with parrots in it

Either a very brave or very stupid bird


A gator wrestler

Grandpa Noa, Grandma Tonita and Alicia on train ride around the park

Ralph, Hannah and I on the train
Ralph wrestling the alligator

Some people from the audience holding a Burmese python (as you can see none of us volunteered)

Some gators trying to get out of the sun, it was a very hot, humid day

Here we are leaving the way we came, back through the mouth of the gator

Vacation Day 7

On day seven we went to the Epcot Center. It was a very good experience, for the most part. We have found a LOT of animal rights/environmental "wacko" stuff at all of the parks so far. We just keep telling the girls that they can't believe everything they hear and that there are a LOT of misinformed people. Anyway we flew to Mars, a lot of fun. We toured France, England, Mexico, Norway, China, Japan, Germany, Morroco, United Kingdom and Canada. We also went on some other attractions. Here are a few photos (we took the least amount of photos here for some reason. Maybe because we were doing SO much!)

The girls and I while still in the parking lot

Ralph and the girls in front of one of the many fountains at the park

The Ladies in front of something called a "telephone booth" in Great Britian

Ralph and I in Morocco

The Ladies in Morocco, "Knock, knock, is anyone home?"

Ralph and I in front of a Viking ship in Norway

Vacation Day 5-6

Well, day 5 was the day of rest, so we went to church with Ralph's father and step mother. It was very interesting. It was a catholic mass in Spanish. It was a very up beat service though. The girls and I enjoyed the music and picked out the words we knew in Spanish. It was a two hour service.

On day 6, we went to Disney's Animal Kingdom. We went on an African Safari and to a presentation with a lot of different kinds of birds, as well as other activities there. Here are a few photos from that.

Rhino

Giraffe

Elephant

Gorilla

The Ladies with a rhino

Here are the girls and I at the Birds of Flight presentation

Kimono Dragon

A large bat hanging upside down (I didn't know they could get this big!)

The Ladies in front of a tiger painting

Vacation Day 4

On day 4, we went to the Holy Land Experience. It was very interesting, giving you a feeling of what it could have been like a couple of thousand years ago.

The Nativity

Jerusalem's temple

A miniature replica of Jerusalem

A priest with a shofar, he played it really well, he could even play two at a time with different notes coming from each of them, it sounded very melodic

Alicia and Hannah in front of Noah's Ark

Ralph and I with a Roman guard

The empty tomb

The angels rolling the stone away :)

Jerusalem market

Moses, Alicia holding the Ten Commandments, and Hannah