March 29

From Gracie:  Today we went to the beach across from the hotel. I saw 4 dolphins in the  water and  one came up to surface  really  close.  I wish I could touch the dolphins.... the sand is really white and so hard that people were riding their bikes on the beach.  Then when we got to the hotel we went to the pool that was at the hotel and rode the water slide about 7 or 8 times before it closed.  Tonight we went to the club house and played BINGO!!!!!  Miss you all!! <3 Gracie!!!!

We slept in and we are HAPPY about it....Pam and I got up and walked to the storage place that we have to park the RV at while we are here, a little over a ½ mile away.....it made a nice morning walk.....we loaded up the rest of the food that we wanted to bring over to the hotel and made our way back.  We must have looked a site with bags attached to us like vagabonds......very funny!!!  Kids moving in slow motion but they got excited when we mentioned the beach......we caught the shuttle for the short ride over to the beach area....

Riding in the shuttle to the Disney beach house, looks like Mickey has been here....

we just expected to be dropped off to the beach access and go on our way but in the Disney tradition, we discovered a beautiful pool clubhouse, pool and game area and a spectacular beach...

We immediately went to the beach access and walked through the dunes to the beach area.....it was so pretty, with a light breeze, sunshine and lightly rolling waves.  Gracie started looking for beach treasures and found some small shells...a couple of minutes later, Christian ran up to me and wanted me to come and take pics of something he had found...turns out that the beach has more than a few dead jellyfish (which was cool to see)

Gracie's treasures.....

.....look hard and you can see the fin on the dolphin....

Out in the surf, we caught sight of a school of dolphins playfully darting around in the surf pretty close to shore....Gracie could hardly stand herself, she was so excited! I tried hard to get a pic but they are hard to get...... 

Gracie jumping in the surf, what a treat to be able to play in the water

The girls played in the water, jumping the waves and enjoyed that.....The sand is a very fine (and hard enought to ride bikes on which is cool) and sticks to you and Christian was very frustrated with not being able to get it off.....back across the dunes to enjoy the clubhouse and pool.....

....a rousing game of Marco Polo.....

the kids swam forever and finally got out to play fusball and jump through the water spouts in the ground....

...jumping the water spouts at the Disney Beach House

from the pool area, I noticed a beautiful golden retriever walking with his/her owner down the beach......I miss my doggers!!  On our way back to the hotel room, we found the other pool on the hotel grounds and the kids ran to slide on the waterslide and swim some more in a different pool!! 

shuffleboard competition.....

Later on, it was shuffle board and a game of bingo in the community room....

playing shuffleboard down near the pool.....

Bingo in the Community Hall....

bingo anyone???

There are mickey mouse heads and Disney touches  everywhere you look so we still feel like we are at Disneyworld....... I really wanted to lay in the hammock right outside the back of our suite (maybe tomorrow) but dinner and laundry came first (especially since KOA laundry rooms are not free and here the “in the suite” laundry room is)......my legs are on fire from the extreme sun that I took in today...I will need to reapply more often..... more trouble for Brittany and I on our laptops, we can’t get any internet to work now......can you feel how frustrated I am with internet connections....WHY CAN’T  IT JUST WORK???  My journal part is good, but if I can’t get online.....I can’t add pics or post it!!!  I need a Starbucks....internet there always works and I get a killer ice tea to go with that!!!